A lengthening ***** is threatening to cause an Antarctic ice shelf to collapse
 

A lengthening ***** is threatening to cause an Antarctic ice shelf to collapse
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A large rift is widening across an increasingly fragile Antarctic ice shelf, scientists found. The ***** is spreading across the Larsen C Ice Shelf at an increased rate, threatening to carve out an iceberg the size of Delaware while destabilizing a larger area of ice roughly the size of Scotland.*

When this iceberg calving event happens — ** one k**ws exactly when it will occur, except that it's getting closer — it will be the largest calving event in Antarctica since the 1980s, scientists say.*

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About 10 to 12 percent of the Larsen C Ice Shelf is expected to break off during such an event, leaving the larger ice shelf even more vulnerable to melting from increasing air and ocean temperatures. Read more...

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