Massive ice shelf collapsing off Antarctica(Photos explained)
Posted in Antarctica, wilkins ice shelf on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Scientists are citing “rapid climate change in a fast-warming region of Antarctica” as the cause of an initial collapse of the Wilkins Ice Shelf. The damage got started at the end of February when an iceberg dropped off and triggered the “runaway disintegration” of a 160-square-mile portion of the 5,282-square-mile shelf.
The ice shelf, which scientists [...]
