ice shelf collapses

Shane Mage shmage at pipeline.com
Thu Mar 21 13:20:00 PST 2002


Hakki wrote:


>I hope none of the parties of this fascinating chat lives at sea level.
>Another 1300 sq miles of Antarctic ice just broke off.

Not to worry *just yet*. The ice shelves were resting on the ocean bottom, not dry land, so their melting will raise sea levels by virtually zero. Cold comfort, I'm afraid.

Shane Mage

"immortals mortals, mortals immortals, living their deaths, dying their lives"

Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 62



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