Massive iceberg breaks off from Antarctica
An iceberg the size of Greater London came off the Antarctic ice shelf years after the first cracks formed. Scientists, however, are skeptical of the role of climate change in this case.
Icebergs naturally break off from Antarctica into the ocean. (Representational image)
A giant iceberg, larger than the size of most European cities, has broken away from Antarctica, near a British research station, the British Antarctic Survey said Friday.
The iceberg measuring 1,270 square kilometers (490 square miles) came off the 150-meter-thick Brunt Ice Shelf in a process called calving.
Scientists had been expecting a huge chunk of ice to break away for almost a decade after the first vast cracks had formed on the shelf.
Judges hear challenge to COVID-19 conditions at Moose Lake prison
More than 100 additional inmates have tested positive for the coronavirus and one has died since a judge dismissed a lawsuit against corrections officials last July. 1:18 pm, Jan. 13, 2021 ×
The Minnesota Correctional Facility in Moose Lake is pictured in April 2020. (Steve Kuchera / File / News Tribune)
Serving a prison sentence during a pandemic is certainly unusual and may also meet the standard of being cruel, an attorney contended to the Minnesota Court of Appeals this week.
Dan Shulman, of the American Civil Liberties Union, asked a three-judge panel to take another look at the conditions faced by inmates at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Moose Lake after a district court dismissed a legal action challenging their incarceration last summer.
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