Jared Blumenfeld was the Executive Director of San Francisco’s Department
of Environment for 9 years. He was instrumental in the mandatory compost law
and ban on plastic bags in stores. He is now the EPA’s Regional Administrator
for the Pacific Southwest. I’m really looking forward to our on-camera interview
this week for Planet Check !
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A massive iceberg, measuring about 50 miles by 25 miles, broke off from the Mertz glacier after being rammed by another giant iceberg knowsn as B-9B.
An enormous iceberg smashed into a peninsula of ice in Antarctica, causing the protruding ice shelf to break off and become a massive iceberg the size of Luxembourg. The two icebergs are now drifting close together about 100 miles north of Antarctica, creating a fence that is keeping heavy, ultracold water from circulating. This blockage has prompted concern that the event could alter the salinity of the surrounding ocean, with damaging effects on marine life and global ocean currents.
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