PHOTOS: Huge Greenland Glacier Disintegrating
Friday, August 22, 2008 - 11:14
in Earth & Climate
A broken chunk half the size of Manhattan Island and a new crack in the Petermann Glacier, seen in new satellite images, have many scientists worried.
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