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Four dozen Antarctic ice shelves have shrunk by at least 30 per cent since 1997 and 28 of those have lost more than half of their ice in that time, reports a new study that surveyed these crucial “gatekeepers” between the frozen continent’s massive glaciers and open ocean. CBC | World News

A vast Antarctic ecosystem has been found in the continent’s waters, just months after a massive iceberg broke away from the Larsen C ice shelf. This underwater ecosystem is believed to have been hidden for several thousands of years, with the possibility of new, undiscovered species having thrived underneath the ice during that time. As noted by Live Science, the ...