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This is the mesmerizing moment massive ice sheets shatter like shards of crystal as they are pushed onto shore from Sayram Lake in Xinjiang, China on April 16. This natural phenomenon is called an ...

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Scientists have warned people of a potential global catastrophe that could take place as a result of global warming. It's all to do with the Antarctic Ice Sheet, a vast body of frozen freshwater ...

The two ice sheets on Earth today cover most of Greenland and Antarctica. During the last ice age, ice sheets also covered much of North America and Scandinavia.