...there have been collapses in recent years that were much larger tan this one.

Oh, yeah, ok, that Antartic ice is all melting and everything and it's all CO2 and man is to blame.

There.

Now can I have my cut of the 300 million that Al Gore is supposely throwing around.

Al Gore didn't make personal profit from his the movie or book, "An Inconvenient Truth".

And you CAN get your cut of a new income.  Why don't you go create a business that caters to the coming carbon regulations and hire some green collar employees -- and make a profit?

Scientists are not concerned that the ice breakage will have an immediate effect on sea-level rise

Of course it won't have an immediate effect--it won't have any effect on sea-level rise. It's already floating on water!

It's this twisting that makes me irritated. It's not so obvious here, but some articles I've read managed to put "this won't affect sea-levels" and "this could cause sea-level rise" practically in the same sentence.It's this kind of thing that damages credibility.

Yes, it could trigger some more major collapses, the loss of ice is perilous for the local wildlife, and this could lead to more serious melting, i.e. continental ice. So why not focus on that?

it won't have any effect on sea-level rise.

The ice reflects the sun's rays back into the atmosphere more than water does.  Decrease in ice coverage will allow more sunlight to penetrate the water, and thus warm it up faster.