Subject: Antarctica glaciers melting and Australia's bush fires |
Date: 15/02/2020 |
Hey guys,
Just sharing some Internet surfing I was doing on Antarctic glaciers and Australia's bush fires
2013 - Major Iceberg Cracks off Pine Island Glacier
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/82392/major-iceberg-cracks-off-pine-island-glacier
Glacier letting go of ice The largest piece named B-31 by the
U.S. National Ice Center is estimated to be 35 kilometers by 20 kilometers = 700 square kilometers, roughly the size of Singapore.
A team of scientists from Sheffield and Southampton universities tracked the 700 square kilometer chunk of ice to predict its path using satellite data.
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2018 - Pine Island Glacier Quickly Drops Another Iceberg
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144212/pine-island-glacier-quickly-drops-another-iceberg
At the end of October 2018, the Sentinel-1 satellite observed the glacier letting go of about 300-square-kilometers of ice.
The largest piece, named Iceberg B-46, accounted for 226 square kilometres.
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Has Australia's Bush fires which began in September 2019 and
raged through end of December 2019 and January 2020 added to this
glacial melt?
Terrifying Images Show The Overwhelming Scale of Australia's
Bushfires From Space
https://www.sciencealert.com/stunning-images-from-space-reveal-the-extent-of-australia-s-bushfire-crisis
Dec 2019 - Satellite Images Show Australia's Devastating Wildfires
from Space
Pause the video at the top of this web page then Scroll down
the page and watch the animation of Australia on the globe.
Where is the smoke and heat from Australia's bush fires going and
how close is that heat to Antarctic shelf
https://www.space.com/australia-wildfires-nasa-satellite-images.html
Feb 2020 - Pine Island Glacier’s Newest Iceberg (On the news tonight 14/02/2020 they were saying the temperature there was 20.7 degrees Centrigrade (above not below zero))
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146289/pine-island-glaciers-newest-iceberg?src=ve
The largest piece, Iceberg B-49, is about twice the size of
Washington D.C. (177 square Kilometres * 2 = 354 square
Kilometres)
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CERES: A World of Sunlight and Heat
https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/56278/ceres-a-world-of-sunlight-and-heat/56279l
NASA scientists have a new pair of eyes with which to watch more closely how the sun influences the Earth’s climate system.
Two Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) instruments aboard Terra monitor the Earth’s energy balance, giving new insights into climate change.
Taking Earth’s Temperature via Satellite
https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/taking-earths-temperature-via-satellite/
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Landsat Image Gallery
https://landsat.visibleearth.nasa.gov/index.php?sequence=data&p=1
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