There are two, about 50 mile
across, pieces breaking lose on the left side of Svalbard.
Think of a
town 50 miles away to get a perspective of their size.
Again, why am
I posting these images so frequently? Because this may be the most
important event in human history.
With the Arctic Ocean ice free, a
tremendous amount of heat will be absorbed from the sun and will be
added to the tremendous amount of heat that is already flowing into
the Arctic from the Gulf Steam and Arctic rivers.
A warmer Arctic
ocean also enhances the thawing of the permafrost on land. If just 1%
of the methane in the methane hydrate's and sediments on the Arctic
Ocean floor thaw, huge amounts of methane will be released into the