A massive sheet of ice the size of Manhattan broke loose today, splashing into the Arctic Ocean due to global warming, as Sarah Palin rang in her Republican VP nomination crying, "Drill, baby drill!"
Drill for oil in the delicate Arctic region, if Mrs. Palin has her way. She doesn't believe in man-made climate change.
The Makham Ice Shelf was 4500 years old.
Palin doesn't rely on scientists for her information. So if and when a neighborhood floods near you, recall Palin's judgment. Question McCain who did not vote for tax credits for wind and solar companies on eight occasions when he could have.
The Makham Ice Shelf was one of three major ice shelves that broke off this summer.
Global warming.
Combined these ice shelves represented approx. 82 square miles or three Manhattans and half the biomass for the entire Canadian Ice Shelf ecosystem.
Sarah Palin ignored climate change in her nomination speech.
Nature can't be ignored.
Photo of glacier along Icefield Parkway in Canada where I got to see the big picture. Run off from this glacier and icefield pours into the Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and it's melting fast.
Today many more ecosystems are on the verge of extinction. Perhaps the McCain/Palin ticket is too.
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