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ScienceDaily reported

Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier stunned scientists by retreating eight kilometers in just two months, with nearly half of  it collapsing in record time. The rapid breakup was driven by a flat, underwater bedrock surface that allowed the glacier to suddenly float and fracture from below. Satellite and seismic data captured the dramatic chain reaction in near real time. The findings raise concerns that much larger glaciers could one day collapse just as quickly.

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