Antarctica’s collapsing ice shelf just sprouted a new crack

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By Brian KahnMay 3, 2017, 1:38 pm155 pts
Winter has descended on Antarctica. Even as cold and darkness blankets the bottom of the world, the region’s most watched ice shelf is is continuing its epic breakdown. A crack started spreading across the Larsen C ice shelf in 2010, reaching 100 miles in length in February. Researchers with Project MIDAS, a…

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