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ThinkProgress: An Antarctic ice shelf roughly half the size of Rhode Island will disintegrate completely within the next few years, according to a NASA study released Thursday.
In 2002, two-thirds of the Larsen B Ice Shelf - which had been intact for more than 10,000 years - broke up in less than six weeks. The remaining portion of the ice shelf covers about 625 square miles along the Antarctic Peninsula, extending toward the southern tip of South America.
Using data collected from airborne surveys and radar,......
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NASA: Massive Antarctic Ice Shelf Disappear Completely Few Years
Posted by ThinkProgress: None Given on May 18th, 2015
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