http://austinist.com/2008/03/26/news_bits_strai.php All comments for News Bits: Straight Out of the Movies en-us 2009 Adam S Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:41:20 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss aschragin@gmail.com aschragin@gmail.com 60 http://austinist.com/2008/03/26/news_bits_strai.php#comment-1322163 http://austinist.com/2008/03/26/news_bits_strai.php#comment-1322163 Comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:21:18 -0600 <p>Panic. Floating ice shelves like this often hold back glaciers that can indeed dump more water into the ocean, and this shows that it's getting a lot hotter down there.</p> http://austinist.com/2008/03/26/news_bits_strai.php#comment-1322117 http://austinist.com/2008/03/26/news_bits_strai.php#comment-1322117 Comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:47:48 -0600 <p>"Ice shelves are floating ice sheets attached to the coast. Because they are already floating, their collapse does not have any effect on sea levels, according to the Cambridge-based British Antarctic Survey." Don't Panic.</p>