The Day After Tomorrow

1) A piece of the ice shelf breaks off. ~ Yes
2) It gets so cold out that gasoline freezes. ~ No
3) It gets so cold out that a human can freeze instantly. ~ Yes
4) In the eye of the storm, temperature drops of 2 degrees per second. ~ No
5) The storm results in a modern-day ice age. ~ Yes

As far as the ice shelf breaking off, that can definitely happen. It is happening even now. Scientists have reported several instances of ice shelfs breaking off in the Artic Sea. In 2005, there was an ice shelf that broke off that was about 25% larger than Manhattan. It was floating around northern Canada and eventually melted. However, if this keeps happening, there could be a major rise in the ocean's levels, which poses a threat to islands around the world.

As for the storm resulting in a modern-day ice age, that could not happen. If the ice in the Aric keeps melting, then it could screw up the flow of the Atlantic Ocean. Specifically, it could slow down or even stop the flow of the Gulf Stream. That would limit the amount of heat that is delivered via the ocean to North American and Europe. However, scientists say that the temperature drop would only be about 5°F over the course of a few years.


Questions:
1) Climate change can happen because the burning of fossil fuels cloud the earth's atmosphere. This blocks the sun's rays from coming into the atmosphere, messing up the regular atmosphere and its job.
2) The movie extremely exaggerates the way that the climate would change. Yes, the climate could change because of the using of fossil fuels, etc.; however, not nearly on the scale that we saw in the movie.
3) I did my research on moon tides. This obviously would be effected by climate change. The rising of ocean temperatures would result in a rising of the waters, and therefore, the tides. However, as to the moon effecting the waters, that will never change. The moon will constantly tug at the Earth's surface, causing the water to bulge towards it.