The Calorie that Broke the Bridge

It's almost one month into the Antarctic fall season, but the stormy seas added just enought energy to do the rest:

OSLO (Reuters) — An ice bridge holding a vast Antarctic ice shelf in place has shattered and may herald a wider collapse caused by global warming, a scientist said Saturday...

The satellite picture, by the European Space Agency, showed that a strip of ice about 25 miles long that is believed to pin the ice shelf in place had snapped.

The loss of the ice bridge could mean a wider breakup of the ice shelf, which is about the size of Connecticut.

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and now