Scientists researching in Antarctic fear the Ross Ice Shelf, the size of France, could collapse quickly, triggering a dramatic rise in sea levels, according to reports in the New Zealand press.

The processes triggered by faster ice shelf melting "could lead to the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet", the authors suggest. However, other factors will also affect how the ice sheet ...

Today's casualty is Antarctica's Cadman Glacier ... weakening the ice shelf to the point of collapse. Because ice shelves typically buttress the land-based part of a glacier, it's now expected ...

"Limiting warming will not just be good for Antarctica-- preserving ... ice accumulates on the surface of ice shelves, it can make them fracture and collapse spectacularly. Ice shelf vulnerability ...

Research into Larsen C is of high importance as several studies have suggested that the ice shelf may be vulnerable to collapse. As well as fundamentally altering the Antarctic landscape this ...

New Study Finds Early Warning Signs Prior to 2002 Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse Mar. 14, 2023 — In 2002, an area of ice about the size of Rhode Island dramatically broke away from Antarctica as ...

Researchers used computer simulations to calculate future melting of protective ice shelves jutting over ... warming that could lead to the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.” ...

Part of the world's largest ice shelf is melting 10 times faster than the rest, shedding light on how it might respond to climate change. The study of Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf reveals that one ...

An Antarctic ice shelf larger than New York City — in an area previously thought to be stable — has collapsed. The shelf is relatively small, at 460 square miles, but its unexpected ...

Scientists have calculated that if just the West Antarctic Ice Sheet were to collapse and melt, it would cause a global sea level rise of 3.3 metres. Unlike ice sheets, ice shelves float on the ...

The Larsen C Ice Shelf Collapse Is Just the Beginning—Antarctica Is Melting Magazine The Larsen C Ice Shelf Collapse Is Just the Beginning—Antarctica Is Melting The Larsen C Ice Shelf Collapse ...

Hundreds of polar researchers issue an emergency statement calling for urgent action to deal with the impacts of climate ...