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A huge section of Antarctica's ice shelf is rapidly thawing, according to a just-released study. The loss of ice from polar caps is slowly raising the level of the Earth's oceans. Scientists predict it will be only a few years before the Larsen B Ice Shelf - at 618 square miles - completely disengages from the ground and breaks into hundreds of icebergs. Two-thirds of the 10,000 year-old shelf is already gone. This is a clear indication of the enormity of changes that are taking place in in Antarctica. [Source: Voice of America]
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