Aug 21, 2018 | Updated: 01:42 PM EDT

Heading Towards The Atlantic

Broken sea ice is seen from a window of a NASA Operation Ice Bridge airplane in-flight over Antarctica.

Jul 13, 2017

Larsen C Ice Shelf, The Size of Delaware, Falls Off From Antarctic Continent: Iceberg Heading Towards The Atlantic

The collapse of a portion of the Larsen C ice shelf, the size of the State of Delaware is alarming. It is an effect of the rising temperatures in the region. Scientists are in the process of quantifying the effects and rise in sea level of the fallen mass carrying water twice the volume of Lake Erie in North America.

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