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West Antarctic Ice Sheet may be on “the brink of change” » “Formation of giant icebergs is a process typical to ice shelves in Antarctica. A new study indicates that an abrupt increase of basal melting may cause a substantial thinning and calving of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea during the 21st century.” Credit: Ralph Timmermann, Alfred Wegener Institute

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