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As of March 8, about 220 square miles (570 square kilometers) of ice
has disintegrated from the ice shelf. Credit: Jim Elliott, British
Antarctic Survey.A vast ice shelf hanging on by a thin strip looks to be the next chunk
to break off from the Antarctic Peninsula, the latest sign of global
warming’s impact on Earth's southernmost continent.
Scientists are shocked by the rapid change of events.