{
  "id": 3512977,
  "title": "Manhattan-sized ice island breaks off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/manhattan-sized-ice-island-breaks-off-greenlands-petermann-glacier",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-26T12:39:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260826055503.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Manhattan-sized ice island has broken away from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier after years of growing fractures weakened its floating ice tongue. Scientists expect two more huge sections could soon detach, potentially removing about 22 percent of the remaining ice tongue.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ScienceDaily",
        "title": "A Manhattan-sized ice island just broke free from Greenland",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/a-manhattan-sized-ice-island-just-broke-free-from-greenland",
        "published": "2026-08-25T12:32:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}