Acolytes of the church of the Goracle are going to go nuts.

A chunk of Antarctic ice nine times the size of Manhattan has suddenly collapsed, putting an even larger glacial area at risk.

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British scientist David Vaughan says it’s the result of global warming.

The entire article is very short, and Vaughan is the only one quoted.

What I found interesting was the last line.

The rest of the Connecticut-sized ice shelf is holding on by a narrow beam of thin ice and scientists worry that it too may collapse. Larger, more dramatic ice collapses occurred in 2002 and 1995.

And at how many times in the past?