meanwhile…
by zoss in scienza
A big chunk of ice (66 sq.km — roughly the size of Manhattan) broke off the coast of Ellesmere Island, about 800 kilometers south of the North Pole, but no one was present to see it in Canada’s remote north. According to the cbc, this happened back in August of 2005, and was only picked up 16 months later. Apparently a researcher was going through satellite photos of the area when she noticed some changes, which tipped her off to the event.
I have two questions; One: How (obsessed,) diligent and systematic do you have to be to catch something like this? and Two: Given that it took that much time to catch it, how many events of this size are we missing?
Just thought I’d let you know what’s on my mind…
Comment by Sand-e Sez — 4/1/2007 @ 22:02
That’s crazy. I’m wondering if the fact that there’s less ice up there for the northern winds to pass by and in the procees get cooler before it gets further south could be the reason we’re having this amazing warm winter. Selfish and as ignorant as this sounds, right here and now, my palm palms are frantically waiving in global warming’s corner.
Comment by zoss — 7/1/2007 @ 17:06
Personally, I miss the snow. And it’s scary to think about how much we’re beating the records these days. For example, today we’re beating the “all-time” high by 3 degrees!