Canada's last fully intact ice shelf has suddenly collapsed, forming a Manhattan-sized iceberg

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• Almost half of Canada's last remaining intact ice shelf has suddenly collapsed into the ocean.
• Satellite images show that it formed two icebergs, one of which is almost the size of Manhattan.
• The collapse comes amid a summer that's seen hotter-than-average temperatures, which scientists say is a result of climate change.
• A research camp was lost in the collapse.
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A massive chunk of Canada's last fully intact ice shelf, some 4,000 years old, has broken off, reducing the shelf by more than half, scientists reported last Sunday. After separating from the shelf, the piece split in two, forming an iceberg almost the size of Manhattan.

Climate change likely fueled the collapse of the shelf, researchers said. This summer, the region's temperature was 9 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 1980 to 2010 average, Luke Copland, a glaciology professor at the University of Ottawa, told the Associated Press.

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