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Vast Ice ‘Island’ Breaks Free of Greenland Glacier - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

Vast Ice ‘Island’ Breaks Free of Greenland Glacier - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com : "Vast Ice ‘Island’ Breaks Free of Greenland Glacier By ANDREW C. REVKIN NASA, via Jason Box, Ohio State University An enormous iceberg, really an ice “island,” broke away from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier this week. Greenland has for years been shedding ice faster than the rate at which accumulating snow adds to the overall bulk of its ice sheet. The calving of an enormous ice “island” from the �Petermann Glacier several days ago created a photogenic “moment” in a long-term process."

10 Google Services That Don’t Get the Limelight They Deserve

10 Google Services That Don’t Get the Limelight They Deserve : "10 Google Services That Don’t Get the Limelight They Deserve by Saikat Basu on Aug. 4th, 2010 It’s an irony that Google hides behind its simple page, a gargantuan network of subsidiary web services. The one textbox page of Google Search is like a little door that leads inside to a labyrinth. The way we navigate through Google could make it our Aladdin’s Cave or our personal la-la land."