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Another Blow to Antarctic Glacial Stability as Larsen C Ice Shelf Cracks Up

Source: Robert Scribbler (Northern edge of Larsen C Ice Shelf is at significant risk of breaking off as a massive rift continues to open within it. The above image shows the rate of rift propagation since November of 2010. Image source: Cryosphere Discussions.) There’s a 30 kilometer long and hundreds foot deep crack running through West Antarctica’s massive Larsen C ice shelf.

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