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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Scientists: Japan's Tsunami Broke Off Chunks Of Antarctica


The remnants of the giant wave that hit Japan crashed into and fragmented an Antarctic ice shelf after the original tsunami, scientists say.


The same earthquake that devastated the island nation on March 11 also caused water swells only a foot tall to cause large chunks of Antarctica's Sulzberger ice shelf to break off and form icebergs, some almost as big as Manhattan.


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