In 1998, 200 square kilometers of Antarctic ice shelf broke free, leading to what?

Rowena8482

are you thinking of the giant iceberg which blocked a lot of the usual routes for various wildlife etc? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/20/iceberg_collision/ Oct 26 07, 8:29 AM

lilbuggie07

In 1998, NASA satellite data showed that the Antarctic ozone hole was the largest on record, covering 27 million square kilometers. It was eventually determined that the destruction of the ozone was caused by chlorofluorocarbons emitted by human products. With the ban of CFCs in the Montreal Protocol of 1989, it is believed that the ozone hole will close up over the next fifty years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic Oct 26 07, 8:33 AM

McGruff

The size of the hole in the ozone probably has something to do with why 200 sq kilometers of ice shelf broke free, but that doesn't answer the question. I mean, you haven't linked the broken ice shelf as leading up to the Montreal Protocol of 1989. Oct 26 07, 9:01 AM

toughynutter

In late February 1998 a 2000 square kilometer section of the Larson B ice shelf broke off http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9804/17/antarctica.shelf/ All of this is part of a prediction that the Entire Larson B Ice shelf would collapse which did happen in 2002 http://nsidc.org/iceshelves/larsenb2002/animation.html Oct 26 07, 12:24 PM