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Published online 18 October 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/061016-11
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Warm winds of change hit the Antarctic
Break-up of ice sheet could be pinned on global warming.
The exceptional warming of the Antarctic Peninsula is due mainly to stronger winds in the area, scientists have found. These warm winds probably caused the recent break-up of a massive Antarctic ice shelf, they say.
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