Saturday, 16 May 2015

NASA: 10,000-Year-Old Ice Shelf in Antarctica Will Soon Be Completely Gone

NASA: 10,000-Year-Old Ice Shelf in Antarctica Will Soon Be Completely Gone

Earth’s polar regions are in the midst of a stunning transformation. As global warming accelerates, evidence of change is perhaps most obvious in our planet’s ice. More than a decade ago, scientists watched in awe as Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf shattered almost completely in just six weeks. No one had ever seen such a large mass of ice vanish so quickly.
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