Deccan Chronicle

CAVITY 2/3RD SIZE OF MANHATTAN FOUND UNDER ANTARCTIC GLACIER

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A giant cavity discovered at the bottom of a disintegra­ting glacier in Antarctica

It triggered fears ice sheet is melting more rapidly than expected The space is big enough to have contained 14bn tonnes of ice

Most of that ice has melted during the past three years.

Cavity found using Italian and German satellites

THE 300 METRES TALL CAVERN was found at the bottom of the massive Thwaites glacier.

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