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21-05-2021, 03:17 AM
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A Big Ol' Iceberg

This massive iceberg, about the same area as Majorca, just calved off of Antartica

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/19/world...ntl/index.html

This is what a calving of this size looks like from the air:

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21-05-2021, 08:06 AM
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Re: A Big Ol' Iceberg

Impressive and worrying.
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21-05-2021, 08:27 AM
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Re: A Big Ol' Iceberg

We have somewhere about 230 glaciers and all are receding, so it is a worrying concept.
Fox glacier New Zealand. Get an idea of scale, see the people within the circle, not to be confused with the couple in the foreground.
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21-05-2021, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by summer ->
Impressive and worrying.
Why is it worrying Summer?

This actually disproves the theory that sea levels are rising....

Sea levels are actually dropping and here is the proof.

When water levels drop underneath the ice it can no longer support itself and breaks away from the main body.
Contrary to the dramatic reports found in the MSM Antarctic sea ice is actually accumulating and getting thicker......The heavier the freestanding Ice gets, the more likely it is to break away. Quite opposite from the rubbish being put out by the media...

https://www.climate.gov/news-feature...sea-ice-extent

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Overall, the long-term trend in Antarctic sea ice is nearly flat, for the annual average and for every month. Spanning over four decades, the satellite record shows periods of increasing and decreasing sea ice, but few of those trends have been statistically significant. In 2013, 2014, and 2015, Antarctic sea ice yearly minimum extents (occurring in February or March) not only exceeded the 1981–2010 average, they also exceeded almost all the values in the satellite record for that time of year. In 2012, 2013, and 2014, yearly maximum extents (occurring in September) were successively the highest on record.

Nothing much changes just seasonal fluctuations....
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21-05-2021, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
Why is it worrying Summer?

This actually disproves the theory that sea levels are rising....

Sea levels are actually dropping and here is the proof.

When water levels drop underneath the ice it can no longer support itself and breaks away from the main body.
Contrary to the dramatic reports found in the MSM Antarctic sea ice is actually accumulating and getting thicker......The heavier the freestanding Ice gets, the more likely it is to break away. Quite opposite from the rubbish being put out by the media...

https://www.climate.gov/news-feature...sea-ice-extent

Quote:-

Overall, the long-term trend in Antarctic sea ice is nearly flat, for the annual average and for every month. Spanning over four decades, the satellite record shows periods of increasing and decreasing sea ice, but few of those trends have been statistically significant. In 2013, 2014, and 2015, Antarctic sea ice yearly minimum extents (occurring in February or March) not only exceeded the 1981–2010 average, they also exceeded almost all the values in the satellite record for that time of year. In 2012, 2013, and 2014, yearly maximum extents (occurring in September) were successively the highest on record.

Nothing much changes just seasonal fluctuations....


But that does'nt explain why the glaciers are retreating OGF ??
Which can only be that world temperatures ARE going up !!
This does not mean that ambient temperatures rising is caused by
humans, as ambient has fluctuated for millennia as witnessed
by archeological evidence etc ! And as such it seems we can have
little effect in influencing our enviroment to become either warmer
or colder ?
This is not to say we should not be worried. !

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21-05-2021, 01:58 PM
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Wow! Wonder where that will end up, it's huge.
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21-05-2021, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Donkeyman ->
But that does'nt explain why the glaciers are retreating OGF ??
Which can only be that world temperatures ARE going up !!
This does not mean that ambient temperatures rising is caused by
humans, as ambient has fluctuated for millennia as witnessed
by archeological evidence etc ! And as such it seems we can have
little effect in influencing our enviroment to become either warmer
or colder ?
This is not to say we should not be worried. !

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Well we can worry, but it won't do any good Donkeyman. If people are really concerned they should sell their vehicles to prevent any further damage to the environment.....But I don't think they will, just continue giving it lip service.
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22-05-2021, 11:48 AM
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Re: A Big Ol' Iceberg

Could attach a few towropes and tug it to different parts of the World. Hire it out as a mobile ice playground for as long as it lasts.
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22-05-2021, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
Quite opposite from the rubbish being put out by the media...
Are the "media" lying, Foxy, or are they just making an honest mistake?
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22-05-2021, 08:38 PM
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Are the "media" lying, Foxy, or are they just making an honest mistake?
Doing as they are told Harbal....
 
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