460 square mile Antarctic ice shelf collapsed as temperatures soared to 40C above norm

[essentialsaltes]

An ice shelf in Antarctica nearly the size of Los Angeles disintegrated in mid-March within days of extraordinary warmth on the continent, scientists say.

The Conger Ice Shelf, spanning approximately 460 square miles, collapsed around March 15. It was around the time temperatures soared to minus-12 degrees Celsius, more than 40 degrees warmer than normal, at the Concordia research station.

Ice shelves like the Conger are extensions of land-based ice sheets and glaciers that jut out over the ocean. They help prevent those ice sheets from feeding ice unabated into the ocean.

"Conger is a very small ice shelf which has been decreasing in size for many years and this was just the final step which caused it to collapse."

[But this] could be a preview of what's to come as the climate crisis eats away at the continent.

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[d taylor]

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Getting the earth prepared for the tribulation and eventual Messianic 1000 year rule. Where i believe the earth again will be one large land mass.

 

[FreeinChrist]

An ice shelf in Antarctica nearly the size of Los Angeles disintegrated in mid-March within days of extraordinary warmth on the continent, scientists say.

The Conger Ice Shelf, spanning approximately 460 square miles, collapsed around March 15. It was around the time temperatures soared to minus-12 degrees Celsius, more than 40 degrees warmer than normal, at the Concordia research station.

Ice shelves like the Conger are extensions of land-based ice sheets and glaciers that jut out over the ocean. They help prevent those ice sheets from feeding ice unabated into the ocean.

"Conger is a very small ice shelf which has been decreasing in size for many years and this was just the final step which caused it to collapse."

[But this] could be a preview of what's to come as the climate crisis eats away at the continent.

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It was apparently an area where the ice was suppose to be stronger, so it was a real surprise.