Vast ice island set to break off Greenland glacier - US news - Environment - Climate Change - msnbc.com

New photographs taken of a vast glacier in northern Greenland have revealed the astonishing rate of its breakup, with one scientist saying he was rendered "speechless."
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Researcher Alun Hubbard, of the Centre for Glaciology at Aberystwyth University, U.K., told msnbc.com by phone that another section, about twice the size of Manhattan, appeared close to breaking off.
...Twice as many glaciers are retreating as the number that are advancing