Crack in Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf forks
![Larsen C ice shelf](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/050217_TS_larsen_c_main_FREE.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
CRACKED OPEN A new rift has branched out from the 180-kilometer-long crack (shown) along Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf, new satellite maps reveal. While the main crack hasn’t lengthened since mid-February, scientists estimate that it widens by more than a meter a day.
John Sonntag/NASA