Fast-spreading crack threatens giant Antarctic ice shelf
Larsen C could shed Delaware-sized section within next few years
BREAK UP Last year a crack stretching tens of kilometers rapidly spread across Larsen C, shown here in 2009, one of the largest ice shelves in Antarctica. The crack could break off a massive area of ice and threaten the ice shelf’s stability.
Michael Studinger/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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