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Pine Island’s Massive New Iceberg Is Already Cracking Up
Antarctic has been on one the past few weeks. It reached 18 degrees Celsius last week, a new record high for the continent. Scientists have found warm water creeping farther under its most vulnerable glacier. Other researchers dropped a little remote-operated robot under the same icy “superhighway,” recording eerie footage of an under-icescape in flux.