Climate Cafe: Climate Change Conversations » arctic ice shelves http://www.climatecafe.org/blog Climate Change: A blog to inspire action on Climate Change Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:04:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Arctic Ice Shelves Disintegrating http://www.climatecafe.org/blog/2008/05/arctic-ice-shelves-breaking-up/ http://www.climatecafe.org/blog/2008/05/arctic-ice-shelves-breaking-up/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 22:16:09 +0000 Todd Lucier http://www.climatecafe.org/blog/?p=25 View the BBC Video

The scientists are stunned at dramatic cracks that are appearing at the north coast of Canada.  Research documents how fissures are threatening the breakup of the oldest ice in the arctic.

The Ayles Ice Island, an iceberg the size of Manhattan has split into two, each vast chunk of ice now 400 miles (640km) south of its original position.

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