[SustainableTompkins] Antarctic Shelf 'Hangs By A Thread'

[Maiken Winter]

Oh , but it's all just rumours of some panicy researchers who want more
funding; so why pay any attention? ;-)

> 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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