'Dramatic and Disturbing': Huge Greenland iceberg breaks off

Examiner: An iceberg the size of Manhattan broke off this week from the Petermann Glacier, one of Greenland's largest glaciers. The 46 square mile iceberg had been closely monitored by scientists, who also followed and documented last year's break off of another iceberg that was twice the size of this one. These 2 breaks combined have the attention of researchers. "It's dramatic. It's disturbing," said University of Delaware professor Andreas Muenchow, who was one of the first researchers to notice the...

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