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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.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.


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