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Natural rifts may have weakened Antarctic ice shelf [1]

When it comes to Antarctica's disintegrating ice shelves, climate change often gets fingered as the cause. But it turns out global warming was not the only culprit behind the continent's biggest ice break-up in recent years.

Publication Date: 
16/02/2008
New Scientist [2]
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Glaciers [3], Climate Change [4], Sea Level Rise [5], Glacial Melt [6], Geology [7], Antarctica [8]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/new-scientist
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/glaciers
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sea-level-rise
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/glacial-melt
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/geology
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/antarctica