Study shows Antarctic ice shelf is thinning from above and below

Study shows Antarctic ice shelf is thinning from above and below

A decade-long scientific debate about what’s causing the thinning of one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves has now been settled, European Geosciences Union (EGU) reports. The Larsen C Ice Shelf – whose neighbours Larsen A and B collapsed in 1995 and

Retreat of Crane Glacier on Antarctic’s Larsen-B ice shelf

Retreat of Crane Glacier on Antarctic’s Larsen-B ice shelf

Hektoria and Crane glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula have continued thinning since the Larsen-B ice shelf’s collapse in 2002.  They are considered to be among some of the fastest changing in recent years. Almost the entire Larsen B Ice Shelf splintered and

Ice loss following the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves

Ice loss following the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves

An international team of researchers has combined data from multiple sources to provide the clearest account yet of how much glacial ice surges into the sea following the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves.The work by researchers at the University of Maryland,