Massive ice sheet breaks away from Antarctica

"(CNN)A massive iceberg weighing more than one trillion tons has broken away from western Antarctica, according to a UK-based research team.Scientists from Project MIDAS had been monitoring a break in the Larsen C ice shelf -- the fourth-largest in Antarctica -- following the collapse of the Larsen A ice shelf in 1995 and had observed significant advances in the rift over the past 12 months...." http://buff.ly/2uQDcaz


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