Giant iceberg breaks off
An iceberg bigger than Delaware has split off from the Antarctic ice shelf, but global warming is probably not to blame.
References:
Information on the iceberg are available through the British Antarctic Survey at http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/public/icd/images/13-10-1998/press-release.html.
Additional information is available through the National Ice Center at http://www.natice.noaa.gov.
Further Readings:
Monastersky, R. 1998. Antarctic ice shelf loses large piece. Science News 153(May 9):303.
Sources:
Christopher S.M. Doake
British Antarctic Survey
Madingley Road
Cambridge CB3 0ET
United Kingdom
From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 17, October 24, 1998,
p. 263.
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