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Fullduplexxx

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Tue Jun 29, 2021, 09:39 PM Jun 2021

Meanwhile while we throw sticks and stones at each other

Gigantic Antarctic Lake Suddenly Disappears in Monumental Vanishing Act



In a new study, satellite observations reveal one such stunning phenomenon: The sudden disappearance of a gigantic lake in Antarctica, which abruptly vanished from view during winter 2019.
This was no small body of water, researchers report, with estimates the lake on Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica held some 600–750 million cubic meters (21–26 billion cubic feet) of water: more than all the water in Sydney Harbor, or roughly twice the volume of San Diego Bay.
Of course, that much water doesn't simply disappear into thin air. In this case, scientists say the huge reservoir most likely became too much for the ice layer underneath struggling to support it

https://www.sciencealert.com/gigantic-antarctic-lake-suddenly-disappears-in-monumental-vanishing-act

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Meanwhile while we throw sticks and stones at each other (Original Post) Fullduplexxx Jun 2021 OP
Good gawd, how frightening. Control-Z Jun 2021 #1
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