Two huge icebergs let loose off Antarctica's coast

Source: AP

SYDNEY – An iceberg about the size of Luxembourg that struck a glacier off Antarctica and dislodged another massive block of ice could lower the levels of oxygen in the world's oceans, Australian and French scientists said Friday.

The two icebergs are now drifting together about 62 to 93 miles (100 to 150 kilometers) off Antarctica following the collision on Feb. 12 or 13, said Australian Antarctic Division glaciologist Neal Young.

"It gave it a pretty big nudge," Young said of the 60-mile (97-kilometer) -long iceberg that collided with the giant floating Mertz Glacier and shaved off a new iceberg. "They are now floating right next to each other."

The new iceberg is 48 miles (78 kilometers) long and about 24 miles (39 kilometers) wide and holds roughly the equivalent of a fifth of the world's annual total water usage, Young told The Associated Press. Experts are concerned about the effect of the massive displacement of ice on the ice-free water next to the glacier, which is important for ocean currents.

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Climate destabilization due in large part to the effects of atmospheric deterioration on our ocean currents.

Wish Bill Clinton and Al Gore had not been old-fashioned pro-Republican "New Democrats" when they were in the White House and we could have led the way on green technologies back then, before the major planetary ice sheets started breaking up and glacier melting got this far along.

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How else are we going to melt these things so they don't drift up to American waters and create another Titanic. We shouldn't just treat this as a climate problem, but as a military one. We need to get the army to set up large bases on Antarctica and start large heat producing plants so we can fight the ice bergs over there, instead of over here.

Disclaimer: Anyone who confuses this satire with the real thing must have been reading legitimate rightee responses over the last 20 years as they've abandoned reality and jumped neck deep into the ideology cesspool and is therefore excused for their confusion.

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Luxembourg is a small country, but a pretty big iceberg.

That dude gets around. :D