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Antarctic Ice

Sea Ice Images from Spy Satellites Made Public

For the past 10 years, spy satellites have captured super high-resolution images of sea ice at the North and South Poles, but until now, the public –and even most scientists – hasn’t seen them. Finally, hours after a National Academy of Sciences committee recommended that the intelligence community should release the images, they were published [...]

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Ice Bridge Holding Wilkins Ice Shelf Breaks Up

It’s only a matter of time before we’ll be saying RIP, Wilkins Ice Shelf. The ever-shrinking Antarctic ice shelf had been held together by an ice bridge that has now collapsed, increasing concern over how fast global warming is affecting the area. A satellite photo from the European Space Agency showed that the 40km bridge [...]

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Antarctic Ice Shelf About to Collapse Due to Global Warming

Just a small sliver of ice is holding a giant Antarctic ice shelf in place, with experts saying that it will collapse any time now. The Wilkins Ice Shelf is the latest victim of global warming, set to join nine other shelves that already have been be lost around the Antarctic peninsula in the past [...]

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Head For the Hills, Stock Up The Larder, And Git Yer Guns Loaded, Another Huge Antarctic Ice Shelf has Collapsed

Stock up the foot, clean the guns, and get your waders on- the collapse of the Antarctic ice shelf is in high gear. The Wilkins ice shelf, an area 160 square miles large, seven times the size of Manhattan, has suddenly collapsed. Scientists had the rare opportunity to film the collapse when they saw it [...]

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