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Something's Shaking in Antarctica
Jun 7 2008, Pooja

Scientists have discovered massive, slow-motion “ice quakes” trembling twice a day through the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, an Alaska-sized swath of Antarctica. Detective work has traced the source of the shaking to the Whillans Ice Stream, a glacier 100...

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