Ice Shelf
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‘Enormous’ iceberg over 2x the size of Toronto breaks off from AntarcticaThe approximately 1,550 square kilometre iceberg had been 'desperately clinging on' for several years, experts say.TrendingJan 25, 2023
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Scientists ‘shocked’ to find life in extreme depths under Antarctic iceScientists were drilling for rocks under Antarctica's ice when they found a colony of strange organisms living in the near-total blackness below the surface.TrendingFeb 16, 2021
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Last fully intact ice shelf in Canadian Arctic collapsesIt lost more than 40 per cent of its area in just two days at the end of July, researchers said on Thursday.CanadaAug 6, 2020
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Iceberg bigger than PEI set to break off of AntarcticaA deep crack in one of Antarctica’s ice shelves is threatening to release one of the largest icebergs ever recorded.ScienceJul 6, 2017
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Aerial video reveals massive crack in Antarctic ice shelfResearchers with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have released alarming footage of a massive crack in the Larsen C Ice Shelf in the Antarctic Peninsula, which could give way to an iceberg the size of Halifax.EnvironmentFeb 22, 2017
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Scientists not alarmed by growing crack in Antarctic ice shelf… yetScientists are watching, but not alarmed by, a growing crack at the edge of a key floating ice shelf in Antarctica.EnvironmentJan 7, 2017
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The big melt: Antarctica’s retreating ice may re-shape earthAntarctica's melt could push sea levels up 3 metres worldwide in a century or two, re-curving heavily populated coastlines.EnvironmentFeb 27, 2015
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Giant channels found beneath Antarctic ice shelfIce channels as high as 250 metres, which stretch for hundreds of kilometres, have been discovered in Antarctica.EnvironmentOct 8, 2013
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