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05-03-2017, 06:52 AM
Uh oh: The rift that's about to cleave off a massive Antarctic iceberg has a sibling
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Scientists keeping close watch on the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica have **ticed something new: The rift, which has been opening across the shelf for some time, **w has a sibling.*
Using a highly-sensitive European Space Agency satellite k**wn as Sentinel-1, scientists have been tracking the progress of a lengthening and widening ***** across the floating Larsen C Ice Shelf. Once this ***** reaches a certain point — exactly when is unclear — it could break off one of the largest icebergs on record.*
SEE ALSO: A lengthening ***** is threatening to cause an Antarctic ice shelf to collapse (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/*****-larsen-c-ice-shelf-antarctica/)
Recently, though, the main fissure has **t progressed further across the ice shelf, since it's hung up in an area of softer ice k**wn as a "suture zone (https://www.google.com/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39779761)," slowing its forward speed.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/02/second-*****-larsen-c-ice-shelf-largest-iceberg/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Scientists keeping close watch on the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica have **ticed something new: The rift, which has been opening across the shelf for some time, **w has a sibling.*
Using a highly-sensitive European Space Agency satellite k**wn as Sentinel-1, scientists have been tracking the progress of a lengthening and widening ***** across the floating Larsen C Ice Shelf. Once this ***** reaches a certain point — exactly when is unclear — it could break off one of the largest icebergs on record.*
SEE ALSO: A lengthening ***** is threatening to cause an Antarctic ice shelf to collapse (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/*****-larsen-c-ice-shelf-antarctica/)
Recently, though, the main fissure has **t progressed further across the ice shelf, since it's hung up in an area of softer ice k**wn as a "suture zone (https://www.google.com/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39779761)," slowing its forward speed.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/02/second-*****-larsen-c-ice-shelf-largest-iceberg/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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