Canada's last fully intact Arctic ice shelf collapses
Source: artictoday.com
The Milne Ice Shelf lost some 40 percent of its area — and the last known epishelf lake in the northern hemisphere — over two days late last month.
Moira Warburton, Reuters -August 7, 2020
The last fully intact ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic has collapsed, losing more than 40 percent of its area in just two days at the end of July, researchers said on Thursday.
The Milne Ice Shelf is at the fringe of Ellesmere Island, in Nunavut.
“Above normal air temperatures, offshore winds and open water in front of the ice shelf are all part of the recipe for ice shelf break up,” the Canadian Ice Service said on Twitter when it announced the loss on Sunday.
“Entire cities are that size. These are big pieces of ice,” said Luke Copland, a glaciologist at the University of Ottawa who was part of the research team studying the Milne Ice Shelf.
The shelf’s area shrank by about 80 square kilometers. By comparison, the island of Manhattan in New York covers roughly 60 square kilometers.
“This was the largest remaining intact ice shelf, and it’s disintegrated, basically,” Copland said.....................................................
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Eureka Sound on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic is seen in a NASA Operation IceBridge survey picture taken March 25, 2014. (Michael Studinger / NASA / Handout via Reuters)
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I feel for the younger generation, my grandkids, etc.
1000-1500 ppm.
Now all we need is a nice size asteroid or a comet to complete the job.
One can always hope.
