Ice Shelf Twenty Times the Size of Manhattan Collapes in Antarctic Heat Wave
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The collapse was recorded in a series of astonishing satellite images with the process accelerating following record high temperatures in recent weeks, with reports of temperatures as high as 10F on March 18, when it would more typically be -50F. Catherine Colello Walker, an earth and planetary scientist at NASA, told The Guardian, “It is one of the most significant collapse events anywhere in Antarctica since the early 2000s,
...ice does not melt at 10 Degrees F. Collapsing events are not the same as melting eventings. In a collapsing event the ice gets so heavy it won't support it's own weight. Tis a function of too much ice.
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