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New Break in Greenland’s Largest Ice Shelf Signals Rapid Melting
This year’s extreme heat caused another huge loss to a major glacier.
A glacier section broke off Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, according to report from the National Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland.
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As the summer melt season reaches its peak, the largest Arctic ice shelf has jettisoned a piece of ice twice the size of Manhattan.
The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland reported on Monday that the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream has lost more than 19 square miles (50 square kilometers) for the second year in a row. The giant glacier has now been reduced by 60 square miles in the past two decades.