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Iceberg with penguins1/6/2024 ![]() ![]() One leader suggested they form a committee to analyse the situation another urged Hours a day accommodated with terrible storms and winds, many penguins would not Know was that if the iceberg broke into many pieces in the winter, when it is dark 24 Fred explained that he was not certain of the outcome, but what he did Was talking very convincing and got very defensive, even some other members That the melting was normal, and that the iceberg was strong enough to handle it. One of the members, Nono, thought it was nonsense. When discussing the melting cave, someĬommotion was caused. To described his findings and research methods. Luckily, Fred was right, and the team was impressed by the model. To present the issue and thought creating a model of the iceberg would suit perfectly. Insists – to the management meeting to show his discoveries. The head penguins, Louis, finally invites Fred - as Alice Penguins, even if there would be a lot of resistance of the others.Īlice explains the problem to the counsil, however they were not really listening as theyĭid not want to see the problem. Alice asked Fred if he could prepare something to show to the other In the middle of the iceberg which was full of water, which could have manyĬonsequences. Despite several cracks in the iceberg were shown, there was even a big cave Situated at the bottom part of the iceberg and was even more dangerous underneath Alice listenedĪnd followed him to the area where the most damage could be shown. ![]() Of the leadership counsel and has a strong relationship with the colony. Consequently, he decided to visit Alice, a powerful penguin who was a member The previous penguin who said something about the situations was not taken Pieces could even fall apart, which could result in catastrophic consequences.įred knew he had to do something he did not have however a lot of influence in theĬolony. His observations wereĬlear and he discovered some very disturbing evidence that the iceberg is melting, some Notice there was something wrong when he was looking around. ![]() Fred is compared to others, a very curious penguin and started to Where a sufficient amount of food for the penguins is and it protects the penguins from The iceberg is situated in the middle of the sea, There is a penguin called Fred, who is living in a penguin colony in Antarctica on an Hydrofracturing-when water seeps into cracks at the surface, splitting the ice farther down-was almost certainly the main culprit in each case.Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing And Succeeding Under Any Conditions This was followed by the breakup of the nearby Wilkins Ice Shelf in 20, and A68a in 2017. In 1995, however, a huge chunk broke off, followed by another in 2002. Up to the end of the 20th century, the Larsen Ice Shelf had been stable for more than 10,000 years. "The amount of ice going from the centre of the Antarctic continent out towards the edges is increasing in speed," Tarling said. They naturally break off from ice shelves as snow-laden glaciers push toward the sea.īut global warming has increased the frequency of this process, known as calving. Up to a kilometre thick, icebergs are the solid-ice extension of land-bound glaciers. "Over hundreds of years, this iceberg has accumulated a lot of nutrients and dust, and they are starting to leach out and fertilise the oceans." Icebergs naturally break off from Antarctica into the ocean, but climate change has accelerating the process Many thousands of King penguins-a species with a bright splash of yellow on their heads-live on the island, alongside Macaroni, Chinstrap and Gentoo penguins. "We put the odds of collision at 50/50," Andrew Fleming from the British Antarctic Survey told AFP. Shaped like a closed hand with a pointing finger, the iceberg known as A68a split off in 2017 from Larsen Ice Shelf on the West Antarctic Peninsula, which has warmed faster than any other part of Earth's southernmost continent.Īt its current rate of travel, it will take the giant ice cube-which is several times the area of greater London-20 to 30 days to run aground into the island's shallow waters.Ī68a is 160 kilometres (93 miles) long and 48 kilometres (30 miles) across at its widest point, but the iceberg is less than 200 metres deep, which means it could park dangerously close to the island. Icebergs naturally break off from Antarctica into the ocean, but climate change has accelerated the process-in this case, with potentially devastating consequences for abundant wildlife in the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia. ![]()
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