From Reuters:OTTAWA (Reuters) - A huge 19 square mile (55 square km) ice shelf in Canada's northern Arctic broke away last month and the remaining shelves have shrunk at a "massive and disturbing" rate, the latest sign of accelerating climate change in the remote region, scientists said on Tuesday.
They said the Markham Ice Shelf, one of just five remaining ice shelves in the Canadian Arctic, split away from Ellesmere Island in early August. They also said two large chunks totaling 47 square miles had broken off the nearby Serson Ice Shelf, reducing it in size by 60 percent.
"The changes ... were massive and disturbing," said Warwick Vincent, director of the Centre for Northern Studies at Laval University in Quebec.
Temperatures in large parts of the Arctic have risen far faster than the global average in recent decades, a development that experts say is linked to global warming.
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Large Arctic ice shelf breaks away, now adrift in Arctic Ocean -- Globe And Mail
Major ice-shelf loss for Canada -- BBC News
Arctic ice shelf splits; ice loss 10x expected this summer -- Arstechnica
Huge sheet of Canadian ice shelf breaks off, scientists say -- Earthtimes
Ellesmere Island loses huge ice shelf -- Canada.com
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