Giant Ice Shelf Snaps 529
Popo writes "Sattelite images have revealed that an ancient 66 square-kilometer ice shelf, the size of 11,000 football fields, has snapped off from an island in Canada's arctic. The Ayles Ice Shelf was one of 6 major shelves remaining in Canada's arctic and is estimated to be over 3000 years old. The collapse was so powerful that earthquake monitors 250 km away picked up tremors. Scientists say it is the largest event of its kind in 30 years and point their fingers at climate change as a major contributing factor."
How much is that in square furlongs? (Score:5, Funny)
Ungrateful scientists (Score:5, Funny)
Happy Feet... (Score:4, Funny)
less ambiguous units please! (Score:5, Funny)
NFL? Canadian? European kickball?
Besides, this is a nerds site. Don't make athletic references.
Volkswagen Bugs or Libraries of Congress would be more appropriate.
Why I should be a highly paid spin consultant. (Score:5, Funny)
The implication is that 30 years ago there was a larger event. So if a smaller sheet of ice broke off now than the one from 30 years back, doesn't that mean the problem is going away?
11,000 football fields? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:less ambiguous units please! (Score:1, Funny)
Geography lesson (Score:5, Funny)
I agree with you that the tequila is what makes a good Margarita, but you are wrong about your crap. Penguins do not frequent the same ice as polar bears. Repeat with me, polar bears are in the North, penguins are in the South. Not, they do not meet at the tropics.
11,000 Football field (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Happy Feet... (Score:5, Funny)
TERRORORRISTSS (Score:5, Funny)
Canada should totally start rebuilding that ice shelf just to show those terrorists that NOBODY messes with Canada, eh?
Re:less ambiguous units please! (Score:3, Funny)
Ok, imagine 11,000 of thoose fields the Jocks chased you across trying to give you a wedgie.
Is that better ?
hockey rinks (Score:2, Funny)
useless information in this article (Score:1, Funny)
How many elephants does it weigh? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Geography lesson (Score:3, Funny)
Al Gore (Score:4, Funny)
Giant Ice Shelf Snaps... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Because we all know (Score:3, Funny)
Otherwise, no.
Re:I can't wait..... (Score:2, Funny)
Yep, they've seriously underestimated the needed capacity for the International Space Station.
Re:Non Global-Warming Activity (Score:4, Funny)
3000 years old... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:less ambiguous units please! (Score:2, Funny)
NFL? Canadian? European kickball?
Sounds like you don't use the footballfield as a unit of area? And here I was calculating how many kiloounces per microfootballfield an ice shelf can withstand.
A 728,000 inch monitor (Score:5, Funny)
Re:How much is that in square furlongs? (Score:3, Funny)
"Football Field" is the standard unit of area? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:less ambiguous units please! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Well... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Where was that? (Score:3, Funny)
At the north pole, isn't every direction south?