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 Larsen Ice Shelf
Click for a PDF (portable document format) printable version of this Every-Day Edit activity. Scroll down or click for work sheet text and answer key.Click for our archive of Every-Day Edit activities from previous weeks. Click for Ideas for Using Every-Day Edit in the classroom.  Activity Key Uncorrected Text On March 7, 2002 scientists discover that part of Antarcticas Larsen Ice Shelf had broke away and sent iceberg’s into the Weddell Sea. Experts have different views about what might have caused the collapse of the ice shelf. All there explanations involve a warming trend in temperatures in that region. The broken chunks of the ice shelf was a whopping 650 feet thick and 1,300 square mile. That’s larger then the state of Rhode island! Answer Key On March 7, 2002, scientists discovered that part of Antarctica's Larsen Ice Shelf had broken away and sent icebergs [delete apostrophe] into the Weddell Sea. Experts have different views about what might have caused the collapse of the ice shelf. All their explanations involve a warming trend in temperatures in that region. The broken chunks of the ice shelf were a whopping 650 feet thick and 1,300 square miles. That's larger than the state of Rhode Island! Article by Gary Hopkins |
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