Huge ice shelf breaks free in Canada's far north

Swede

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Tue Jan-02-07 11:04 AM
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Huge ice shelf breaks free in Canada's far north

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A chunk of ice bigger than the area of Manhattan broke from an ice shelf in Canada's far north and could wreak havoc if it starts to float westward toward oil-drilling regions and shipping lanes next summer, a researcher said on Friday.

Global warming could be one cause of the break of the Ayles Ice Shelf at Ellesmere Island, which occurred in the summer of 2005 but was only detected recently by satellite photos, said Luke Copland, assistant professor at the University of Ottawa's geography department

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2007-01-02T135703Z_01_N29294082_RTRUKOC_0_US-ARCTIC-ICESHELF-BREAK.xml&WTmodLoc=SciNewsHome_C2_scienceNews-3

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bahrbearian

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Tue Jan-02-07 11:06 AM
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1. Not late breaking

its been posted for days

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xchrom

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Tue Jan-02-07 11:08 AM
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2. and days.

;-)

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ashling

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Tue Jan-02-07 11:13 AM
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4. and days

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Ilsa

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Tue Jan-02-07 11:13 AM
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3. Thanks for the link. I'm sending it out. nt

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Tue Jan-02-07 11:16 AM
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5. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2668236

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