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Huge iceberg breaks free from the Antarctica Larsen C ice shelf

Thursday, July 13th 2017 - 08:53 UTC
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An iceberg the size of Delaware has broken free from an Antarctic ice shelf, leaving the rest of the shelf vulnerable to collapse and serving as a harbinger of future sea-level rise that could pose a serious threat to coastal communities such as the Falkland Islands. Read full article

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  • golfcronie

    We are all doomed I say, all doomed.

    Jul 13th, 2017 - 10:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • DemonTree

    For anyone like me who has no idea how big Delaware is, the new iceberg has about the same area as East Falkland.

    Jul 14th, 2017 - 12:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Tr0lListic_Approach

    @1

    Nah. Just England and adjacent colonies.

    Jul 14th, 2017 - 03:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • What If

    Is this how the Falklands broke of the united kingdom and floated to where they are today?

    Jul 15th, 2017 - 09:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Capt Rockhopper

    Trollibag have the retardinos claimed it yet?

    Jul 16th, 2017 - 07:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Livingthedream

    Argentina promptly clammed the iceberg and plans are underway to tow it to Buenos Aires.

    Jul 16th, 2017 - 01:02 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Clyde15

    TTT

    As you have been doomed for years, what does it feel like from your experience so that we can recognise the symptons.

    Jul 16th, 2017 - 07:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Kipper

    England will return the Malvinas within 25 years.

    Jul 17th, 2017 - 06:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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