Larsen Ice Shelf
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Sea Ice That Slowed the Flow of Antarctic Glaciers Abruptly Shatters In Three Days
Since 2011, a mass of sea ice from the Larsen B ice shelf helped stabilize the landward glaciers, but the stopgap rapidly disintegrated in January 2022.
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