Part of Antarctica's Larsen Ice Shelf broke apart in early 2002 ... to potential dramatic shifts in the Earth's climate. He warns that too much change in ocean temperature and salinity could ...

A crevasse measuring a few thousand feet from an altitude of 1,500 ft., during a November flyover. The Great Crack-Up By JEFFREY KLUGER Photographs by PAOLO PELLEGRIN—MAGNUM PHOTOS FOR TIME It ...

How is climate change affecting polar regions ... These sensors relay data on the height of glaciers, ice sheets, and ice shelves as they change. An array of ocean floats are also used to monitor ...

A-68a was sliced off from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017 ... and influence how heat and carbon move between the ocean and the atmosphere. With climate change expected to produce more ...

Now, for the first time in the field, researchers have shown that ice shelves don't just buckle under the weight of meltwater lakes—they fracture. As the climate ... how the Larsen B Ice Shelf ...

Several ice shelves -- Prince Gustav Channel, Larsen Inlet, Larsen A ... with sea level rise and changes in climate patterns," he said. News of the Wilkins ice shelf's impending breakup came ...

“When it calves, the Larsen C Ice Shelf will lose more than 10% of ... could draw further attention to the threat of climate change at a time when President Trump’s is considering whether ...

The giant crack that's been racing across Antarctica Larsen C ice shelf finally met its breaking point between July 10 and 12. The result was an iceberg the size of Delaware and weighing a ...

John SonntagIceBridgeNASA Goddard Space Flight CenterA 300footwide, 70milelong rift in Antarcticas Larsen C Ice Shelf, as seen in November 2016. A chunk of ice nearly twice the size of Rhode Island ...

As witnesses to a changing climate over millennia, the Antarctic ice sheets are a unique record for studying past climate change informing ... Ice sheets, shelves and glaciers act as giant ...