And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
So, when a chuck of ice shelf 1/x the size of Rhode Island breaks off, it's a lot but not really. Things are so very relative. Like, is 10 tons of CO2 a terribly large amount, or not much at all? Compared to what? Comparisons like this do put things into perspective.
Antarctica is significantly bigger than the Continental US - hard to tell with Mercator projections, though. It looks as if the super-volcano there is experiencing some earthquake signs, potentially signalling it's coming out of dormancy.
So, when a chuck of ice shelf 1/x the size of Rhode Island breaks off, it's a lot but not really. Things are so very relative. Like, is 10 tons of CO2 a terribly large amount, or not much at all? Compared to what? Comparisons like this do put things into perspective.
ReplyDeleteAntarctica is significantly bigger than the Continental US - hard to tell with Mercator projections, though. It looks as if the super-volcano there is experiencing some earthquake signs, potentially signalling it's coming out of dormancy.
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Well then, that would put the South Pole somewhere west of Omaha wouldn't it.
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