Science news articles about 'antarctic ice shelf'

... ) - An ice bridge which had apparently held a vast Antarctic ice shelf in place during recorded history shattered on Saturday and could herald a wider collapse linked to global ...

A massive Antarctic ice shelf is breaking up and pieces are expected to float away as icebergs over the course of the next few weeks.

Scientists conduct an aerial survey of massive ice field that has broken off Antarctica’s Wilkins Ice Shelf.

... sheets, including the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet. If this were to melt completely global sea ... sonar system that builds up a 3D map of the ice above and the seabed below.. It also carries precision ...

A vast shelf of ice in Antarctica is hanging on to the continent by a thread and not expected to survive, scientists announced today.

TROMSOE, Norway (Reuters) - An area of an Antarctic ice shelf almost the size of New York City has broken into icebergs this month after the collapse of an ice bridge widely blamed on global warming, ...