In the six days before President Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, an enormous crack in an Antarctic ice shelf grew 11 miles, according to a report by British Antarctic research group Project MIDAS. The crack, which is located in Larson Shelf C, leaves only eight miles of ice connecting what could be one of the world’s largest recorded icebergs to Antarctica. When it eventually breaks free from the continent, the resulting iceberg
will measure 31,000 square miles, represent 10 percent of the ice shelf’s original mass and be larger than the state of Rhode Island. The growth spurt between May 25 and May 31 was the largest they have observed since January, Project MIDAS says, and the inevitable splintering of Ice Shelf C will drastically alter the landscape of the continent and will make the ice that remains less stable. READ MORE
If only we had been charged and paid the “climate tax”, man could have prevent this from happening…COUGH!
We are approaching the longest days of the year in the northern hemisphere, so Antarctica is approaching midwinter and either has 24 hours/day of darkness or a short day where the sun barely rises, neither of which is supported by the photograph. Suspect the photo is from last (northern winter) summer so 5 to 7 months old at least.
Photo obviously not from 6 days ago, approaching mid-winter in Antarctica, either continuous darkness or short days with sun barely rising, based in the shadows probably taken last December.