Claims on the Antarctic Ice Breakup Suffer from Limited History

The media was full of disaster headlines this week over an observed breakup of a minor and little-known Antarctic ice shelf. Yahoo News and the New York Times, among others, lamented the “unprecedented” event. The problem is, we don’t really have any knowledge of previous events, making the present day claims false by omission. David Knowles, … Continue reading Claims on the Antarctic Ice Breakup Suffer from Limited History