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Melt: are we to blame?

In 1995, two major ice shelves fell off the Antarctic peninsula, creating a flotilla of small icebergs. Many rushed to blame humans.

But British Antarctic Survey geologist Carol Pudsey set out to investigate what had really happened.



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Ice shelves around the Antarctic
Ice shelves around the Antarctic's Western peninsula are melting - but is this the first time it's happened?
Image: British Antarctic Survey
    
 

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