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In West Antarctica, an iceberg about twice the size of New York City is about to break away from the main continent
The area is known as the Brunt Ice Shelf, it’s about 492 feet thick, and the part of it that is in danger of breaking off is about 660 square miles. The question is not whether or not the ice shelf will break but whether or not it will be held in place by the land underneath.
The unstable ice shelf is now the most closely watched area on the continent. It is monitored by European Space Agency’s Sentinel 2, the NASA Worldview satellite, US Landsat 8, ground penetrating radar, and on-site drone footage. In addition, the width of Chasm 1 is measured by radar every two hours in order to properly inform daily operations on the ice shelf.
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