A satellite by ESA has been tracking one of the largest icebergs to detach from Greenland. They recorded this detachment back in August. The scale of the iceberg is large, 30km long, 15 wide, 7km from its head, estimated total coverage 245 Sq Km. The good part is that it is traveling slowly, so far since August it has only covered 7km. For now it'll continue its journey down the Nares Strait north of greenland. In the past there have been other icebergs that have detached from greenland and other areas on the planet. In 2008, a 27km iceberg embarked on a similar journey as this iceberg.
Its not surprising to me that such a large iceberg found its way out into the ocean. What is astonishing to me is that the scale of past icebergs were more than half the size of the one explained in this article. This is concerning to me. Last week after reading about CO2 effect on the earth and how it contributes to a sort of green house effect this type or ordeal will more than likely happen more often. Although I don't believe anyone alive today will ever see the dire effects human's have on the earth the future will. This leads me to wonder as well as the effect it has on wild life. I wouldn't want to imagine a world without penguins or polar bears.
It is sad how something drastic must happen before something is done about it. Hopefully this issue will not persist decades into the future. If it did we wouldn't become strictly a water planet but we sure would be close to one. In reality, I dont see anything being done about this untill ships start crashing into multiple icebergs or species start diminishing. I wonder if it has to go as far as seafood being a obscenely scarce resource before something is done. Even so, all the publicity in the world about this sometimes will not spark action. All we can do is hope that something is done from hurting our planet further.
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