Giant ice shelf sick of being stuck to Canada, decides to float around a bit. Perhaps we should be concerned.
Published by Kyso Kisaen December 29th, 2006 in EnvironmentWhen the northern fringes of your country start to break up and drift away, even if they were just ice shelves, I think it is safe to say that you are doomed.
A giant ice shelf has snapped free from an island south of the North Pole, scientists said Thursday, citing climate change as a “major” reason for the event…
The ice shelf was one of six major shelves remaining in Canada’s Arctic. They are packed with ancient ice that is more than 3,000 years old. They float on the sea but are connected to land.
The good news is that this isn’t some pissant island full of people who should have known better than to not live in America or the EU. This is a floating piece of ice the size of Manhattan which may decide to drift south and fuck with commercial interests:
Within days of breaking free, the Ayles Ice Shelf drifted about 30 miles offshore before freezing into the sea ice. A spring thaw may bring another concern: that warm temperatures will release the new ice island from its Arctic grip, making it an enormous hazard for ships.
“Over the next few years this ice island could drift into populated shipping routes,” Weir said.
Which is probably a good thing, since we’re not going to see action on climate change where it matters, in the corporations and by extension the freakin’ government, until the apacolypse starts cutting into their business plan.
“Which is probably a good thing, since we’re not going to see action on climate change where it matters, in the corporations and by extension the freakin’ government, until the apacolypse starts cutting into their business plan.”
Precisely. Let’s hope it floats into the Staits of Hormuz and gets wedged there.
I read it first as: A giant ice shelf has snapped free from an island south of the North Pole, citing climate change as a “major” reason for the event…
On a less lighthearted note, I am afraid.
I, for one, have come to terms with the fact that living on a tiny island in canada, so I will probably be squished by some sliding ice relatively soon. …I look forward to that and the apacolypse, which ever decides to happen first.