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Climate change: Warmth shatters section of Greenland ice shelf – BBC News
A big chunk of ice breaks away from the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf – 79N, or Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden.
A big chunk of ice has just broken away from the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf – 79N, or Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden – in north-east Greenland.
The ejected section covers about 110 square km; satellite imagery shows it to have shattered into many small pieces.
The loss is further evidence say scientists of the rapid climate changes taking place in Greenland.
“The atmosphere in this region has warmed by about 3C since 1980,” said Dr Jenny Turton.
“And in 2019 and 2020, it saw record summer…
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