A Manhattan-Sized Ice Island Just Broke Off Greenland

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Dark Melt Channel on Petermann GlacierResearchers say two more major calving events are likely. A massive slab of floating ice broke away from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland on August 4, 2026, creating a 76.4 km² ice island. An international research group led in part by the University of Ottawa says it was Petermann’s largest floating ice loss since 2012 [...]
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