A Crack in an Antarctic Ice Shelf Grew 17 Miles in the Last Two Months

A rapidly advancing crack in Antarctica’s fourth-largest ice shelf has scientists concerned that it is getting close to a full break. The rift has accelerated this year in an area already vulnerable to warming temperatures. Since December, the crack has grown by the length of about five football fields each day.

Ice shelves, which form through runoff from glaciers, float in water and provide structural support to the glaciers that rest on land. When an ice shelf collapses, the glaciers behind it can accelerate toward the ocean. Higher temperatures in the region are also helping to further the ice shelf’s retreat.

If the ice shelf breaks at the crack, Larsen C will be at its smallest size ever recorded.

That would also leave the ice front much closer to the ice shelf’s compressive arch, a line that scientists say is critical for structural support. If the front retreats past that line, scientists say, the northernmost part of the shelf could collapse within months. It could also significantly change the landscape of the Antarctic peninsula.

“At that point in time, the glaciers will react,” Eric J. Rignot, a glaciologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said. “If the ice shelf breaks apart, it will remove a buttressing force on the glaciers that flow into it. The glaciers will feel less resistance to flow, effectively removing a cork in front of them.”


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I bet something similar to this has never happened in history before. Earth was perfectly made by God and now man is f'in it up. Blame everything on man. Bad man. He no good. No good at all. Everything is his fault.

 

Only rivaled by the crack in your head.

 

Futurecurrents' crack...

 

please move futurecurrents threads to the religion section.

 

Trumpers are so fucking stupid that they do not understand that man made global warming is melting the ice and causing it to happen.

Their ignorance is amazing. Like they TRY to be dumb.

 

It appears you are having a complete meltdown. Can I recommend cutting back on all those potent HVAC gases you discharge each day.

 

Then stop using electricity, your car, and many other modern conveniences.

The change starts with you.

 

And them:

Lets all get bikes. Decorate them with snowflakes. We can all be special.