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Scientists identify cause of mysterious "Bloop": it's the sound of icebergs calving in Antarctica (www.sciencealert.com)
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[–] SharkAttak@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Now, we just have to discover what "iceberg calving" is.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes a mommy ice shelf loves a daddy ice shelf

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago

So... I am going to get that new little ice-brother I've been wanting!

[–] Branny@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago

“breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier.”

[–] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So basically the planet is burning.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

No, it's calving! Lots of little baby calf icebergs are being born.