Natural event unrelated to global warming responsible for 720-sqkm ice sheet cutting lose from Pine Island glacierAn 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.
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Source: theguardian.com