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Infographic: Critical Antarctic ice shelf breaking apart

The fast moving Pine Island glacier contains 160 trillion tonnes of ice

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Closeup of crevasses near the Pine Island Glacier grounding line, near its western margin in Antarctica.
Closeup of crevasses near the Pine Island Glacier grounding line, near its western margin in Antarctica.
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