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Another block of ice, roughly a mile (one to two kilometers) long, has broken off Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier and floated into the adjacent bay. The glacier is estimated to deliver some 19 cubic miles (79 cubic kilometers) of ice to the bay each year. This is one of the principal means by which ice moves from the interior of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to the ocean, where it melts and contributes to sea-level rise. The first image was captured January 24, 2017, and the second image January