#HTE
A newly formed crack in the Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica extends as far as the eye can see. The fracture is currently measured at 100 feet wide and over 100 miles long, growing more than 50 miles alone since 2011. If this chunk of ice breaks away, roughly 2,000 square miles will be lost - that’s roughly the size of the state of Delaware. The break is the latest example of major ice loss in the fast warming Antarctic Peninsula and could lead to a rise in global sea levels by roughly four inches (10 centimeters).
Photo taken from airplane by John Sonntag for NASA
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