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This satellite photo released by the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder shows the Wilkins Ice Shelf on March 6, 2008 on the Southwest Antarctic Peninsula as it began to break apart.
Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2008

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  • JIM ELLIOTT
  • of the British Antarctic Survey, on video footage that shows Antarctica's massive Wilkins Ice Shelf disintegrating as a result of global warming
Photo: NASA / AP | Source: Reuters