(Untitled)- March 25, 2008 Giant Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses (National Geographic, March 25, 2008) New satellite images reveal what scientists call the "runaway" collapse of an enormous ice shelf in Antarctica as the result of global warming. . . . The chunk of coastal ice was some 160 square miles (415 square kilometers) in areaabout seven times the size of Manhattan. . . . The shelf's rapid collapse began on Februaryhttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2008_03_01_archiveearth.html#9000095646053465250 (Untitled)- March 25, 2008 Antarctic shelf 'hangs by thread' (Helen Briggs, BBC News, 25 March 2008) A chunk of ice the size of the Isle of Man has started to break away from Antarctica in what scientists say is further evidence of a warming climate. . . . Satellite images suggest that part of the ice shelf is disintegrating, and will soon crumble away. . . . The Wilkins Ice Shelf has been stable for most of the lasthttp://www.matrixmasters.com/blog/2008_03_01_archiveearth.html#2473634954407838631 |