The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling!

Interesting story about a big chunk of ice falling into the sea. The ice, about the size of Manhattan, fell into the Artic 500 miles from the North Pole. Not surprisingly, junk science fear-mongers have seized on this as Exhibit #1 to support their "global warming" hypothesis. Stand by for an announcement from Al Gore.

In fact, I gave up trying to find a news story about this ice cube without the "global warming" angle prominently played up. To wit:

New York Times
A 25-square-mile shelf of floating ice that jutted into the Arctic Ocean for 3,000 years from Canada's northernmost shore broke away abruptly in the summer of 2005, apparently freed by sharply warming temperatures and jostling wind and waves, scientists said yesterday.

Science Daily
[University of Ottawa geographer Luke] Copland and colleagues concluded that the disintegration was caused by several factors, mostly related to global warming, he said.

Chicago Tribune
A giant ice shelf has snapped free from an Arctic island, scientists said Thursday, citing climate change as a "major" reason for the event.

Washington Post
Global warming could be one cause of the break of the Ayles Ice Shelf at Ellesmere Island, which occurred in the summer of 2005 but was only detected recently by satellite photos, said Luke Copland, assistant professor at the University of Ottawa's geography department.