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Satellites Detect Collapse of Arctic's Ayles Ice Shelf
On Aug. 13, 2005, warming Arctic temperatures caused the Ayles Ice Shelf on Ellesmere Island in northern Canada to break away from the island and float out to sea.
Ayles Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island
Source: NASA's Earth Observatory website. Click here for full story.
Credit: NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and the U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
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