According to huffingtonpost.com
A University of Delaware researcher says the floating ice sheet covers 100 square miles – more than four times the size of New York’s Manhattan Island.
According to AFP:
Greenpeace expected massive break-off from Greenland glacier
Environmental watchdog Greenpeace said Thursday it was expecting the disintegration of the Petermann glacier in north-western Greenland, from which a massive ice island four times the size of Manhattan broke off earlier this month.
“We had been expecting since last year that unavoidable break of the edge of the glacier, which we studied closely with an international team of researchers during an expedition in July and August 2009,” Mads Flarup Christensen, who heads Greenpeace in the Nordic countries, told AFP.
I had written another post in simontay78.com that predicted the above might happen when Iceland volcano erupted.
It’s definitely not clear yet how will this event affect the world sea level but it’s clear now that the Earth’s temperature had reach a level that huge glacier can break off and float off into the sea possibly melt & contribute to the world sea water.
I wondered about the if salinity of the sea will be affected by this as gradually the ice may change the sea salinity nearby changing the natural gulf stream conveyor belt causing huge changes in the weather.
Anyone dare to speculate about the cause of this event? some may says the following.
- Global warming hence push for more carbon taxes $$$?
- The sun is causing that due to the fact that CME are pretty rampant lately.
Seriously, the impact to the weather can be more flooding to bigger hurricane or bigger heat wave depending if the gulf stream conveyor belt affected or not.
The worst is the BIGGER chuck of the glacier breaking off from Greenland causing rise in global sea level, we probably have to discuss not if it will happen but WHEN it will happen.
For low coastal region, prepare for more rain to come & possible flash flooding, land slide and prepare some contingency food & water supply nearby in case such event happens.
There’s no harm to prepare a 72 hours survival bag for the family & network the neighbors in case of such events to help each other out.
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