Petermann Glacier is a glacier located in northwestern Greenland. A series of images discovered by researchers at Ohio State University who were monitoring NASA's satellite images in July of 2008, found that an 11-square-mile long chunk broke off due to a seven-mile-long crack. If the break worsens it could cause already rising sea levels to rise even more.CBS News: Far North Greenland Glacier Cracking Up, Scientists Cautious... (August 22, 2008)
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CBS News: Far North Greenland Glacier Cracking Up, Scientists Cautious... (August 22, 2008)
Science Daily: Continued Breakup Of Two Of Greenland's Largest... (August 22, 2008)
LiveScience: Greenland Glacier Breakup Suggests Imminent Disintegration (August 21, 2008)
AFP: Two of Greenland's Largest Glaciers Lose More Ice (August 21, 2008)
NASA EO Newsroom: New Images - Petermann Glacier, Greenland
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Images taken by scientists from the Ohio State University
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Images reveal that an 11-square-mile piece of the Petermann Glacier broke off
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Finding announced on August 21, 2008
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