NASA says a giant ice shelf in Antarctica will be gone within the decade

Antarctica's once-massive Larsen B Ice Shelf is melting rapidly, and will likely be entirely gone by the end of this decade, according to a new report from NASA. A team led by Ala Khazendar of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) found the shelf is developing large cracks while its tributary glaciers rapidly disintegrate.

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NASA says a giant ice shelf in Antarctica will be gone within the decade