http://dylan.tweney.com/2006/11/08/im-going-to-nashville/ if you're bored, you're not paying attention Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dylan.tweney.com/2006/11/08/im-going-to-nashville/comment-page-1/#comment-2757 the tweney review » Blog Archive » 20 more feet. Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:32:37 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2006/11/08/im-going-to-nashville/#comment-2757 [...] Most shocking thing I learned last weekend: A huge Antarctic ice shelf disintegrated over a 35-day period in 2002, much to the surprise of the scientists tracking it. This shelf, designated Larsen B, was about 700 feet thick and covered 3,500 square km — about the area of Rhode Island. The scientists who studied this came to the conclusion that it broke up so quickly because pooling water on the top of the shelf had actually tunneled down through the ice, perforating it and making it far weaker than its 700-foot thickness would indicate. [...] [...] Most shocking thing I learned last weekend: A huge Antarctic ice shelf disintegrated over a 35-day period in 2002, much to the surprise of the scientists tracking it. This shelf, designated Larsen B, was about 700 feet thick and covered 3,500 square km — about the area of Rhode Island. The scientists who studied this came to the conclusion that it broke up so quickly because pooling water on the top of the shelf had actually tunneled down through the ice, perforating it and making it far weaker than its 700-foot thickness would indicate. [...]

]]> http://dylan.tweney.com/2006/11/08/im-going-to-nashville/comment-page-1/#comment-2652 Scot Hacker Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:29:18 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2006/11/08/im-going-to-nashville/#comment-2652 Dylan, this is fantastic. It's so hard to find time through the miasma of work and kids to stand up and give what's left to stuff that matters. Kudos to you. Dylan, this is fantastic. It’s so hard to find time through the miasma of work and kids to stand up and give what’s left to stuff that matters. Kudos to you.

]]> http://dylan.tweney.com/2006/11/08/im-going-to-nashville/comment-page-1/#comment-2644 Penelope Trunk Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:05:21 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2006/11/08/im-going-to-nashville/#comment-2644 Congratulations, Dylan. I am looking foward to seeing more about these topics on your blog -- so curious to know what they do at the training. Congratulations, Dylan. I am looking foward to seeing more about these topics on your blog — so curious to know what they do at the training.

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