Antarctic ice 7 times the size of Manhattan suddenly collapsed

A chunk of Antarctic ice about seven times the size of Manhattan suddenly collapsed, putting an even greater portion of glacial ice at risk and an ice shelf about the size of Connecticut is "hanging by a thread," scientists told March 25, 2008. In my humble opinion, this is a grand marketing exercise and an extreme example of ' Voodoo Science of global warming.'

Sensationalism works wonders and scientists have learned this art well. The piece of news that a chunk as big as 7 times Manhattan or, in 2005 as big as California, has broken off Antarctica creates far more interest than a mere mention of 150 square miles out of 5.7 million sq miles of Antarctica.

Let's analyze Antarctica beyond the hype of media scientists...

[yup, 2005, another 'shelf' broke off - then refroze itself back in place - it happens, the sea-floating shelves (shelfs?) are larger now than at any time is recorded history because of the current net-accumulation of snow in Antarctica. I.e., scare mongers are doing it again {with the media, well, doing it again}]

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