[SustainableTompkins] Antarctic Shelf 'Hangs By A Thread'

[Rena D. Grossman]

And why wasn't this on the front page of any major print medium? Do we
have to wait for Tuesday's Science Times before we get wind of this? I
hardly think "The Obama Girl" is more pressing a news story than
arctic ice sheets melting at a faster rate than speculated.

On 3/27/08, Molly Brewton <mb105 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> I would add that ice serves the function of reflecting heat away from the
>  planet.  Once the ice is gone, it won't be able to do that.  To make
>  matters worse, water is a very good holder of heat, so the open sea will
>  tend to retain heat and increase the process of planet-wide warming.
>
>
>  Molly
>
>
>
>   At 10:18 AM 3/27/2008, you wrote:
>  >The real implicatiosn are, that, once the iceshelf is gone, there is
>  >nothing to keep the glaciers to move even faster into the sea. And once
>  >land-based ice is added to the sea, then sea-levels will rise.
>  >The implications are that so far all the models from scientists about
>  >arctic and antarctic melting are proven right, but much faster than
>  >expected.
>  >The implications are that the world's politicians's ought to start to get
>  >moving a bit faster, too.
>  >Maiken
>  >
>  > > I heard a short reference to the ice shelf's collapse on the radio on
>  > > my morning commute yesterday but had a really difficult time trying to
>  > > find any other news coverage. Here is a link to the BBC's article.
>  > >
>  > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7313264.stm
>  > >
>  > > All reports that I have uncovered explain that this will not cause a
>  > > rise in sea levels, therefore, downplaying the implications of this
>  > > event. But can someone please explain what some of the real
>  > > implications are?
>  > >
>  > > Thanks,
>  > >
>  > > Rena
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