A huge ice ***** in Antarctica grew 11 miles in 6 days, and a giant iceberg is coming
On the same day that President Donald Trump is making his big an**uncement on whether to keep the U.S. in the Paris Agreement on climate change, potentially omi**us news has emerged from a group of scientists keeping watch on Antarctica's ice sheet.*
A ***** that has been spreading across the Larsen C Ice Shelf in the Antarctic Peninsula accelerated its progress in late May and is about to break off a Delaware-sized iceberg, scientists reported on Wednesday in a blog post.*
The rift, which is 1,500 feet wide in places, *grew by 11 miles between May 25 and May 31, researchers said, bringing the front edge of the ***** to within 8 miles of *the sea. Once it gets close e**ugh to the ice edge — which could happen anytime **w — it will produce one of the largest icebergs ever recorded.* Read more...