Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100810:00:55:00
Let turn now to the ice scientists. doctor, thank you for your time tonight. >> good evening. to call this a truly gigantic chunk of ice sounds silly considering the enormity of what might be happening here. put in it your own terms so we understand what we're dealing with. >> you saw a little while ago that icebergs come off all the time. they do. approximately half the ice that leaves greenland each year come out directly into the ocean in icebergs. the other half melts on land. this is a very big chunk. usually we have the stability between the ice flowing down the glaciers and in this case...