A giant ice shelf has snapped free from an island south of the North Pole, scientists said , citing climate change as a "major" reason for the event.
The Ayles Ice Shelf - 66 square kilometers (41 square miles) of it - broke clear 16 months ago from the coast of Ellesmere Island, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) south of the North Pole in the Canadian Arctic.
This is a dramatic and disturbing event. It shows that we are losing remarkable features of the Canadian North that have been in place for many thousands of years.
We are crossing climate thresholds, and these may signal the onset of accelerated change ahead.
Hell and high water (book to read by Joe Romm)
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