Satellite imagery from the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder reveals that a 13,680 square kilometer (5,282 square mile) ice shelf has begun to collapse because of rapid climate change in a fast-warming region of Antarctica.
Scenes from the Wilkins Ice Shelf 0
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Posted 8:42 AM on 6 Apr 2009
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