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TO GO WITH AFP STORY CANADA-ENVIRONMENT by Michel Comte
This handout image shows Markham Fiord in August 2008 after the Markham Ice Shelf broke away. Two ice shelves in Canada's far north have lost massive sections since August while a third ice shelf now is adrift in the Arctic Ocean, said researchers on September 3, 2008 who blamed climate change.The entire 50 square-kilometer (19 square-mile) Markham Ice Shelf off the coast of Ellesmere Island broke away in early August and is now adrift, while two sections of the nearby Serson Ice Shelf detached, reducing its mass by 60 percent or 122 square kilometers (47 square miles). Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, which halved in July, lost an additional 22 square kilometers (8.5 square miles). "These changes are irreversible under the present climate and indicate that the environmental conditions that have kept these ice shelves in balance for 4,000 years are no longer present," said Trent University's polar expert Derek Mueller. AFP PHOTO/DENIS SARRAZIN/LAVAL UNIVERSITY/HANDOUT/RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE/=GETTY OUT=
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Arctic Ocean, CANADA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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DENIS SARRAZIN |
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3 Septembrie 2008 |
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