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Last February, the tongue of Antarctica's Mertz Glacier was rammed by a huge iceberg, causing the tongue section to break away and itself become an iceberg. The loss of a massive tongue of glacial ice on the Antarctic coast - a natural protective barrier nearly four times the size of New York City - could affect ocean circulation patterns and be a harbinger of changes to come from global warming. [Source: MSNBC]
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