Western Antarctic Ice Chunk Collapses

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Western Antarctic Ice Chunk Collapses

AP

Posted: 2008-03-25 13:03:32

WASHINGTON (AP) - A chunk of Antarctic ice nine times the size of Manhattan has suddenly collapsed, putting an even larger glacial area at risk.

 

Satellite images show the runaway disintegration of a 220-square-mile chunk in western Antarctica. British scientist David Vaughan says it's the result of global warming.

 

The rest of the Connecticut-sized ice shelf is holding on by a narrow beam of thin ice and scientists worry that it too may collapse. Larger, more dramatic ice collapses occurred in 2002 and 1995.

 

 

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