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[Windam]

As with everything, God will decide what happens.

 

[Xe4]

Contributions due to thermal expansion and reduction in land ice are comparable in size, with shedding apparently being the larger one. See here.

True, though it should be pointed out that I was simply talking about the ice sheets in my original post. They are in the minority of the ice being added to the ocean, and thus even more minority to total cause of volume increase in the ocean.
http://nsidc.org/cryosphere/sotc/sea_level.html

Still I'll addend my post. Thank you for pointing out my error.

 

[CazTGG]

Is there anything that can be done to prevent this from breaking off or is this only a matter of time?

 

[Astral Dog]

Unfortunately i don't think Trump/USA staying with Paris would had prevented this its going to get worse

 

[NervousXtian]

Is there anything that can be done to prevent this from breaking off or is this only a matter of time?

Not a damn thing can be done.

Do you realize exactly how big this chunk of ice is? It's not just big, it's the size of a small state.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Goodbye Florida. We didn't need Bugs Bunny.

 

[Oersted]

In another sign that the iceberg calving is imminent, the soon-to-be-iceberg part of Larsen C Ice Shelf has tripled in speed to more than ten meters per day between 24th and 27th June 2017. The iceberg remains attached to the ice shelf, but its outer end is moving at the highest speed ever recorded on this ice shelf. We still can’t tell when calving will occur - it could be hours, days or weeks - but this is a notable departure from previous observations.

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[Volimar]

Is there a tsunami risk when this thing breaks off for good?

 

[hobozero]

Don't google calving. DON'T GOOGLE CALVING


Ewwww.....

 

[Jack The Nipper]

flordia is gonna be in trouble in 5 years or so in parts arent they? Well, it will take some eye awakening events to get people changing.

 

[ATF487]

Oh Larsen C
Won't You Fall On Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HN0rqVJT4U

 

[mercenar1e]

Global warming needs to cool down.. so how do you do it? By flooding the planet with water. Problem solved.

Spoiler

Am Republican

 

[Culex]

Is there a tsunami risk when this thing breaks off for good?

Doubtful. Ice is less dense than water, it will drift away from the coast though!

 

[Khaz]

Trump is about to dump the biggest ice cube in the ocean to cure so called 'global warming'. One less #FakeNews.

 

[The Kree]

Is it just me or is watching the planet literally fall apart a little off putting?

 

[Socreges]

flordia is gonna be in trouble in 5 years or so in parts arent they? Well, it will take some eye awakening events to get people changing.

By the time Americans are severely impacted, it may be largely irreversible. The conversation and decision points will be very different at that stage.

 

[Xe4]

It'll be interesting to see it break off, that's for sure.

 

[Volimar]

It'll be interesting to see it break off, that's for sure.

It'll be hard to get a sense of scale when it happens.

 

[Xe4]

It'll be hard to get a sense of scale when it happens.

True. But it'll still be hundreds of thousands of tons of ice cleaving off, which is fascinating. And polar satellites will be able to track it, as it is large enough. What's most fascinating to me, is it's in the middle of the Antarctic winter, so the forces trying to cleave it must be greater than any ice pack that is trying to form.

 

[rjc571]

flordia is gonna be in trouble in 5 years or so in parts arent they? Well, it will take some eye awakening events to get people changing.

Bangladesh is an even bigger cause for concern, they're the tenth most populated country in the world with 160 million people and nearly all of them live very close to sea level.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Don't google calving. DON'T GOOGLE CALVING


Ewwww.....

/BigBossSalute

 

[Escape Goat]

Flying over the poles would give me panic attacks.

 

[Xe4]

flordia is gonna be in trouble in 5 years or so in parts arent they? Well, it will take some eye awakening events to get people changing.

5 years? No. In 5 years, the sea level will have risen by 15-20 mm compared to today. In 100 years? The water will have crept up quite a bit, causing a lot of damage and a lot of costs trying to adapt. The thing about climate change is it's so slow, a lot of people have trouble understanding the time spans involved (which are blindingly quick on a geologic time scale).

 

[Savitar]

It's Gods will!

Cause what other answer you need?

God did it!

It wasn't that pesky wizard after all!

 

[Escape Goat]

It's Gods will!

Cause what other answer you need?

God did it!

It wasn't that pesky wizard after all!

God did it to punish us for gay marriage or giving women the right to vote or whatever.

 

[capitalCORN]

All that fossil fuel in Antarctica will make it easier to further warmify our temperatures! Who needs Winter anyways?

 

[Oersted]

Is it just me or is watching the planet literally fall apart a little off putting?

Nope. The speed of it all is the most disturbing part.

 

[Ether_Snake]

I assume it will break into smaller pieces once it's free.

 

[jstripes]

It'll be interesting to see it break off, that's for sure.

We'll have to send the Mega Titanic out to have a look.

 

[WillyFive]

Imagine everything from Tampa to Miami splitting off from the rest of Florida overnight.

 

[Imperfected]

If you want people to care, it's very important that you compare this to a landmass that's far more important than Delaware.

 

[Oersted]

The latest data from 6th July reveal that, in a release of built-up stresses, the rift branched several times. Using data from ESA’s Sentinel-1 satellites, we can see that there are multiple rift tips now within 5 km of the ice edge. We expect that these rifts will lead to the formation of several smaller icebergs, as well as the large iceberg which we estimate will have an area of 5,800 sq km. Despite this, the iceberg remains attached to the shelf by a thin band of ice. It is remarkable how the moment of calving is still keeping us waiting.

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