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08 Aug 2020

Canada's last intact ice shelf collapses due to Artic heat

Canada's 4,000-year-old Milne Ice Shelf on the northwestern edge of Ellesmere Island had been the country's last intact ice shelf until the end of July. Satellite photos showed that about 43 percent of it had broken off. The 72-square mile (187 square kilometer) undulating white ice shelf of ridges and troughs dotted with blue meltwater had been larger than the District of Columbia but now is down to 41 square miles.

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