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Greenland’s Massive Ice Breaks Free | Huntsville News
A massive ice island the size of Manhattan has calved off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier — the largest such event in the Arctic since 2020. Scientists, who’ve been monitoring the glacier’s instability since 2019, say this was long expected but still a rare and critical moment. The ice island offers a unique natural lab to study glacier dynamics, ocean interactions, and climate change impacts — especially in the Arctic, where such events are uncommon. Researchers will track its movement and potential hazards to shipping and marine life, while warning that more calving could follow, possibly…
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