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Arctic ice split

August 16 , 2020 1554 days 821 0
  • A mass of ice measuring about 81 square km detached from the northern part of the Arctic ice shelf (Milne Ice Shelf) and began drifting north.
  • The Milne ice shelf lost more than 40 per cent of its ice over two days end of July 2020.
  • The Arctic region is warming at twice the rate compared to the rest of the planet due to a feedback mechanism known as the Arctic amplification.

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