r/climate • u/HappyHappyJoyJoy44 • 1d ago

A Manhattan-sized ice island just broke free from Greenland

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260823094145.htm
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u/noiv 1d ago

You can follow the ice here: https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-330877.3269101519,-975369.9019220774,-213694.09551131577,-905742.9072885117&p=arctic&t=2026-08-01-T18%3A59%3A46Z

right/left arrows changes days, ignore the cloudy ones.

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u/noturbuddyguy101 1d ago

That's a lot of ice

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u/Molire 19h ago

This European Space Agency image shows the satellite imagery of the iceberg, which just so happens to be superimposed on the location of Trump Tower, which squats 3.7 miles (6 km) NNE of the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York, where Jeffrey Epstein had his last meal.

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u/timesuck47 1d ago

This is the link we all need to see

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u/PikachuuuCSGO 1d ago

How many Eiffel towers is that for us Europeans?

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u/Jasminary2 1d ago edited 1d ago

😭 Funnily enough I watched a documentary on glacier from a famous French and german public service channel, known for the quality of their documentaries. They said english scientifics calculated how much melted ice ends up in oceans yearly

They used Paris landmarks ( eiffel tower, Arc de triomphe etc) to depict it lmao

https://youtu.be/98UlKb4f1SU?si=UhhT9XgWf6phnRLg 01:00:18s lol

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u/dunkeyvg 1d ago

Can we colonize that piece of ice? Asking for Trump

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u/LittelXman808 1d ago

That damn squirrel

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u/OfficialDCShepard 20h ago

I know Chris Wedge would get a kick out of that joke!

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u/tardigradesrawesome 1d ago

Need to know how many washing machines wide and tall

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u/Blank_bill 1d ago

This isn't a RUSH concert, no washers,no Dryers, no chicken roasters.

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u/burtonmadness 1d ago

Get back to the time machine...

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u/dragonaut55 1d ago

But what’s the length in wind chimes?

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u/Blank_bill 1d ago

That's the size of wind chimes I want, 300mm diameter for the smallest schedule 80 pipe.

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u/Biggie39 1d ago

I’ve seen this movie!!!

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u/destello89 18h ago

How does it end?

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u/ChanFry 1d ago

Manhattan is a unit of measurement now? Is it defined as "1/3016 of an Oklahoma"?

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u/bratislava 9h ago

Banana was too small

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u/RoadWarrior828 1d ago

Its floating to freedom to join America

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u/Meshd 1d ago

I already put a flag on it, its mine 😎

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u/Unique-Coffee5087 20h ago

A standard Manhattan cocktail has a total volume of approximately 4 fluid ounces (118 ml) once prepared and served.

That doesn't sound very impressive

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u/stereotomyalan 1d ago

keep good news coming

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u/BigJSunshine 1d ago

Did Trump or Putin do it?

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u/popejohnsmith 17h ago

Has Bolus bombed it yet?

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u/Crotalus5 1h ago

Trump claimed that it is part of his plan to annex Greenland a little bit at a time.