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Scientists fear giant Antarctic glacier will break
Scientists fear the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is fracturing and could shatter as easily as a car window.
Antarctic Glacier
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The world's most dangerous glacier is about to melt, catastrophic with Earth?
The huge Antarctic glacier, which is about the same size as the state of Florida in the United States, could be disastrous for the Earth if completely melted.
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Why can't we unearth the pyramids in Antarctica?
We already know that the Antarctic area is 14.2 million square kilometers, which is twice as wide as Australia, so it is considered the 5th continent on the planet.
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Diamonds can exist in Antarctica
Scientists found convincing evidence that diamonds could exist beneath Antarctic glaciers.
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The formation of Antarctic glaciers
Global climate has quickly moved from an almost iceless world to giant ice sheets on Antarctica about 34 million years ago.
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The Antarctic glacier melted easily to raise the sea level by 3.4 meters
The Totten glacier on the eastern Antarctic ice sheet is melting from the bottom, threatening to raise the sea level by more than 3.4 meters.
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Antarctic glaciers are melting faster
According to the report, the six giant glaciers of Antarctica are melting at a rapid rate with the amount of melting ice increasing by 77% between 1973 and now.
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Latest pictures of the Antarctic icy region
Journalists of Guardian (UK) magazine sent the latest images in December 2013 of the Antarctic icy land during the 2013-2014 expedition of MV Akademik Shokalskiy (Russia…
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Discovering the 'massive' iceberg in Antarctica
A giant iceberg, about eight times the size of Manhattan (USA) and across the city of Hamburg (Germany), broke out in an Antarctic glacier.
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Discovered a huge crack in the Antarctic glacier
A large fissure with a length of nearly 30 km was discovered on a glacier in Antarctica and this is a sign that a giant iceberg larger than New York City is about to for…
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Antarctic glaciers are melting at a rapid rate
News from the Japan Aviation Exploration Agency and the US space exploration agency said scientists from the two countries have discovered Antarctic glaciers are melting…
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Antarctic glacier is thinning with alarming speed
Scientists say the huge glacier in Antarctica is getting thinner and thinner. Glaciers around Pine Island in the West Antarctica are twice the size of Scotland, which is…