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Larsen C ice shelf on the east of the Antarctic peninsula

A third of Antarctic ice shelves risk collapsing due to climate change

8 April 2021

Around a third of the ice shelves holding back huge glaciers in Antarctica are at risk of collapse if the world fails to take sufficient action on climate change

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A third of Antarctic ice shelves risk collapsing due to climate change

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