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Giant Ice Meteors

  • November 29, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Megacryometeors are large chunks of ice — sometimes weighing hundreds of pounds — that can fall out of clear blue skies. Scientists think they’re created by cold, wet, turbulent conditions in the lower atmosphere. Look out — climate change may make them more common!

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