Scientists count huge melts in many protective Antarctic ice shelves, trillions of tons of ice lost
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Massive icebergs the size of Delaware broke off repeatedly as Antarctic ice shelves lost some 8.3 trillion tons of ice over the past 25 years, a new study found.