Iceberg nearly twice the size of Rhode Island breaks off Antarctica

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http://l1.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/vpfTJ4DHmgoKs5W3Fc80DA--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/0e088f5ffad119de002d6045cdd6f695 (https://www.yahoo.com/news/iceberg-nearly-twice-size-rhode-island-breaks-off-antarctica-133158390.html)A large portion of an ice shelf that was said to be “hanging by a thread” last month has broken off from the Antarctic mainland, creating one of the world’s largest icebergs, according to a report by British Antarctic research group Project Midaa. It is measured at 5,800 square kilometers, making it nearly twice the size of Rhode Island.



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