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Massive ice chunks break up in Antarctica

By T.K. Randall
May 4, 2009 · Comment icon 1 comment

Image Credit: NOAA
An ice shelf in western Antarctica is breaking up with huge ice chunks crumbling away and an area over 1300 square miles in danger of breaking off completely in the next few weeks.
Massive ice chunks are crumbling away from a shelf in the western Antarctic Peninsula, researchers said Wednesday, warning that 1,300 square miles of ice - an area larger than Rhode Island - was in danger of breaking off in coming weeks. "


Source: CBS News | Comments (1)




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