A trillion-ton iceberg just broke off Antarctica

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By Eric HolthausJul 12, 2017, 10:23 am69 pts
One of the largest icebergs ever recorded broke off Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf earlier this week, according to satellite pictures and scientists who monitor such things, permanently altering the coastline of our planet’s frozen continent. Twice the size of Long Island and packing a trillion tons of ice…

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