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A trillion-ton iceberg
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 5:58 pm
by Bob Juch
A trillion-ton iceberg the size of Delaware is about to break off Antarctica
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/ene ... 76b3b3f92f
Re: A trillion-ton iceberg
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:45 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
its about 1/2 the size of Brewster County Texas
Re: A trillion-ton iceberg
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 3:32 pm
by mrkelley23
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:its about 1/2 the size of Brewster County Texas
How far down you digging in Brewster County?
The biggest cruise ship I can find has a displacement of about 100,000 metric tons. That means this 'berg, in rough terms, is as big as 10 million cruise ships.
Re: A trillion-ton iceberg
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 3:42 pm
by mrkelley23
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:its about 1/2 the size of Brewster County Texas
Brewster County is about 6000 square miles. Convert that to square meters and you get about 15 billion. That means you'd have to dig down about 60 meters, or nearly 200 feet, to create an object the size (volume, which is the only "size" that matters here) of this iceberg.
Remember the old adage about 90% of the iceberg being below the surface?
Re: A trillion-ton iceberg
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 4:49 pm
by Bob Juch
That's about the volume of Lake Michigan. It's 620 feet thick and has 277 cubic miles of ice.
Re: A trillion-ton iceberg
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 4:57 pm
by Bob78164
Bob Juch wrote:That's about the volume of Lake Michigan. It's 620 feet thick and has 277 cubic miles of ice.
It's already floating, though, right? Which means that it won't have any (direct) net effect on sea level. The issue is the additional land-bound ice that it's currently holding back. --Bob
Re: A trillion-ton iceberg
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 5:22 pm
by Beebs52
Ima getting some polar scuba gear just in case.