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ice shelf
An ice shelf the size of New York City "presumably had been there for thousands of years and its not ever going to be there again."
It's like "The Thing," except a little more mundane.
Part of the Ross Ice Shelf, which stabilizes the West Antarctic ice sheet, is melting 10 times faster than the average ice shelf, researchers warn.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
A crack in the Larsen C ice shelf grew nearly 14 miles since March.