Alaskan storm cracks iceberg in Antarctica, study says: Global warming?

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN/Reuters: Alaskan storm cracks iceberg in Antarctica, study says
October 3, 2006

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A bad storm in Alaska last October generated an ocean swell that broke apart a giant iceberg near Antarctica six days later, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

The waves traveled 8,300 miles (13,500 km) to destroy the iceberg, said Douglas MacAyeal of the University of Chicago and Emile Okal at Northwestern University.

Writing in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, they said their study shows how weather in one region can affect events far away.

"One of the things we're debating in the world right now is whether global warming might increase the storminess in the oceans," MacAyeal said in a statement.

"The question we then pose is: Could global storminess have an influence on the Antarctic ice sheet that had never been thought of?"...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/10/02/iceberg.cracks.reut/index.html

[hatrack]

1. VERY interesting - thanks for the post!

:hi:

[DeepModem Mom]

2. Amazing story! nt

[SpiralHawk]

3. "Nothing to worry about. I have ordered a Faith-based 'scientific' study."

- Commander AWOL

[kestrel91316]

7. ..

:wow:

[Javaman]

4. Get out your water wings! nt

[InkAddict]

5. The shot heard round the world....

America's birth and death....

Windage and elevation have absolutely nothing on Mother Nature and the law of unintended(?) consequences. Was it REAL, or was it Memorex? Ain't hindsight great. Will we even be here to analyze it all after we get out our BIG GUNS!

[Zodiak]

6. I was about the post

how ridiculous the thread title was because Antarctica is so far from Alaska.

Now I have egg on my face.

[Uncle Joe]

8. Well, talk about your butterfly effect!

This is a big butterfly

Kicked and recommended

[Lisa]

9. I wonder if north Atlantic hurricanes could affect the ice off Greenland?

They're even closer in terms of distance.