NASA statellite reveals iceberg twice the size of Manhattan breaking off Greenland's ice sheet

FNASA image showing the calving on the Petermann Glacier in northwestern Greenland A 119-square-kilometer (46-square-mile) iceberg twice the size of Manhattan has broken off Greenland's Petermann Glacier, report researchers from the the University of Delaware and the Canadian Ice Service. The break in the ice sheet, which has been anticipated for years, was detected Monday by the MODIS sensor onboard Terra and Aqua satellites. The iceberg was first reported by the Canadian Ice Service. While large, the iceberg is only half the size of an ice island that broke off the same glacier in 2010. Nevertheless, the fracture is significant according to Andreas Muenchow, associate professor of physical ocean science and engineering at the the University of Delaware. "While the size is not as spectacular as it was in 2010, the fact that it follows so closely to the 2010 event brings t...

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