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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Byrd Polar Research Center

Byrd Polar Research Center stories: 1 news summaries

 Scientists Spot
 Crack at Top
 of the World

Northern Hemisphere's largest floating glacier breaking up

Aug 22, 08 1:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A huge crack—seven miles long and a half-mile wide—has opened in a northern Greenland glacier as an 11-square-mile chunk of ice appears to be breaking off. The phenomenon is occurring in the Northern Hemisphere's largest floating glacier, once thought largely immune to the effects of global warming, reports... More »

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Arctic • Greenland • glacier • ice melt • Petermann glacier • Byrd Polar Research Center • Center for the Study of Earth from Space • Jakobshavn glacier

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