Rudeboy2025 Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 The iceberg B-15A on Oct. 27, 2005 before it broke apart. Credit: NOAAThe icebergs B-15M, B-15P and B-15N on Oct. 31, 2005 after B-15A broke apart. Credit: NOAACapping a 5-year-long saga of destruction, an iceberg about the size of the Hawaiian island of Maui has split into three pieces in the frigid Antarctic, scientists said Friday.The larger iceberg, named B-15A, calved into three smaller icebergs — B-15M, B-15N and B-15P. Two of the larger icebergs (B-15M and B-15N) are about the size of Grand Cayman and St. Croix, respectively.The fresh splits mark the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth times that a portion of B-15 has broken off, or calved, since the first calving event on May 30, 2000.B-15A has been careening around the Ross sea for months, slamming into the coast and breaking off chunks of protruding ice features as big as cities. Back in January in McMurdo Sound it blocked ocean currents and caused other sea ice to build up, threatening wildlife.The latest breakup was first seen in satellite imagery from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program by researchers at the National Ice Center (NIC).Iceberg names are derived from the Antarctic quadrant where they are first sighted. When they are first spotted, the NIC documents an iceberg's point of origin. The iceberg is assigned the letter of the quadrant, along with the sequential number.Source - Yahoo! News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 This is a great example of how we are ruining the environment :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsane Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 you know they are starting to realize all this stuff is completely natural right. like 10,000 years ago the tempature rose and what happened...the ice age, where the atmosphere was naturally re-stablized. then back in the 1800's the tempture had another slight rise...that volcano erupts and caused another tempature drop :Pbasicly, everytime the global tempature reaches a certain point, mother nature has a way to fix the problem. earth has been here 10 billion years longer than us remember... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 :P :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsane Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 i doubt it'd be THAT servre :P but, stuff like the arctic melting is a good example of what i'm saying. the extra water, and things that would come from it (more storms, etc.), is probably helping to stabalize our atmosphere somewhat :Pi'm not saying we need to be pigs tho, we still need to make our cars and stuff cleaner...it's the least we could do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopi_O Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Damn!!!!That piece of ice is bigger than my country :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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