5800sq km iceberg breaks off Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf

Re:5800sq km iceberg breaks off Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf by nonbel on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @03:04PM (#14755542)

This seems to be a talking point that people are mindlessly repeating that is wrong in multiple ways. I won't bother with all, but here is the exact same person making a link to a single event regarding the exact same ice shelf:

>"And while climate change is accepted to have played a role in the wholesale disintegration of the Larsen A and Larsen B ice shelves, Luckman emphasised that there is no evidence that the calving of the giant iceberg is linked to such processes." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/12/giant-antarcti...

This story is somewhat interesting on its own, but it is clear the media and ignorant people on the internet have blown it up into fake news.

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Re:5800sq km iceberg breaks off Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf by Oletros on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @04:05PM (#14756136)

The whole disintegration of Larsen A and B are not a single event like the calving of an iceberg

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Re:5800sq km iceberg breaks off Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf by nonbel on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @04:23PM (#14756298)

The calving of the iceberg was not a single event either. First the rift formed, then it started branching, etc.

Anyway, this event is bringing out the worst arguments I have ever seen.

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