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Huge iceberg calves off Antarctic glacier

2013-07-10 16:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: An iceberg half the size of Greater London has calved off Pine Island glacier in the Antarctic. This week a radar instrument on the German satellite TerraSAR-X captured an image of a crack having grown to extend across the entire ice shelf at the front of the glacier since 2011. Scientists say that the 720-sqkm iceberg calved off in a natural event unrelated to the effects of global warming. Andy Smith of the British Antarctic Survey said: "Although there's nothing to suggest this event is...

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