World’s biggest iceberg heads for disaster
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World’s biggest iceberg heads for disaster
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Re: World’s biggest iceberg heads for disaster
#2The mass is now moving straight toward a remote south Atlantic island populated by penguins and seals. Scientists say a collision could cause an environmental catastrophe
Re: World’s biggest iceberg heads for disaster
#3The mass is now moving straight toward a remote south Atlantic island populated by penguins and seals. Scientists say a collision could cause an environmental catastrophe
It's just the last few weeks of 2020. Expect some zombies somewhere too.
Re: World’s biggest iceberg heads for disaster
#4I know this can potentially sound very stupid given the actual size, but can't we bomb it (target specific parts with a lot of firepower) in an attempt to break it up if it poses such a danger to actual wildlife if it collides/approaches the island? The ocean then potentially will carry some of the pieces away and miss the island?
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#5I know this can potentially sound very stupid given the actual size, but can't we bomb it (target specific parts with a lot of firepower) in an attempt to break it up if it poses such a danger to actual wildlife if it collides/approaches the island? The ocean then potentially will carry some of the pieces away and miss the island?
There have been tests to accelerate the breakup or melting of icebergs with bombs, and it has been found to be ineffective and expensive even for much smaller icebergs: https://navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=iipIsItPracticalToDestroyI...
Re: World’s biggest iceberg heads for disaster
#6I know this can potentially sound very stupid given the actual size, but can't we bomb it (target specific parts with a lot of firepower) in an attempt to break it up if it poses such a danger to actual wildlife if it collides/approaches the island? The ocean then potentially will carry some of the pieces away and miss the island?
This thing is the size of Jamaica with a draft of 200m (and so a height of more than that). It would take multiple nuclear weapons to do it any real kind of damage.
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#7I know this can potentially sound very stupid given the actual size, but can't we bomb it (target specific parts with a lot of firepower) in an attempt to break it up if it poses such a danger to actual wildlife if it collides/approaches the island? The ocean then potentially will carry some of the pieces away and miss the island?
There have been tests to accelerate the breakup or melting of icebergs with bombs, and it has been found to be ineffective and expensive even for much smaller icebergs: https://navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=iipIsItPracticalToDestroyI...
That's unfortunate. I liked the elegance of such a brutish potential solution.
I know this definitely sounds dumb and juvenile, but I genuinely wish more problems could be solved with bombs.
Re: World’s biggest iceberg heads for disaster
#8I know this can potentially sound very stupid given the actual size, but can't we bomb it (target specific parts with a lot of firepower) in an attempt to break it up if it poses such a danger to actual wildlife if it collides/approaches the island? The ocean then potentially will carry some of the pieces away and miss the island?
This thing is the size of Jamaica with a draft of 200m (and so a height of more than that). It would take multiple nuclear weapons to do it any real kind of damage.
I didn't want to mention nukes as to the potential fallout that close to this precious wildlife will probably do way more harm than the actual iceberg.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
There have been tests to accelerate the breakup or melting of icebergs with bombs, and it has been found to be ineffective and expensive even for much smaller icebergs: https://navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=iipIsItPracticalToDestroyI...
That's unfortunate. I liked the elegance of such a brutish potential solution. I know this definitely sounds dumb and juvenile, but I genuinely wish more problems could be solved with bombs.
Surely you’re familiar with the exploding whale story, but if not:
Re: World’s biggest iceberg heads for disaster
#10I know this can potentially sound very stupid given the actual size, but can't we bomb it (target specific parts with a lot of firepower) in an attempt to break it up if it poses such a danger to actual wildlife if it collides/approaches the island? The ocean then potentially will carry some of the pieces away and miss the island?
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