Sentences with phrase «ice shelf collapsed over»

Two years ago, Antarctica's Larsen B ice shelf collapsed over the course of 35 days; 3,250 square kilometers of shelf area — an area larger than that of Rhode Island — disintegrated.

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One 2004 NASA - led study found that most of the glaciers they were studying «flow into floating ice shelves over bedrock up to hundreds of meters deeper than previous estimates, providing exit routes for ice from further inland if ice - sheet collapse is under way.»

The 1,255 - square mile ice shelf collapsed into the Weddell Sea over a 35 - day period in early 2002.

The break - up of ice shelves can also leave huge ice cliffs 1,000 m high towering over the ocean, which then collapse under their own weight, pushing up sea level even further.

The rapid collapse of the northernmost section of the Larsen Ice Shelf (Larsen A), over a few days in January 1995, indicated that, after retreat beyond a critical limit, ice shelves may disintegrate rapidIce Shelf (Larsen A), over a few days in January 1995, indicated that, after retreat beyond a critical limit, ice shelves may disintegrate rapidice shelves may disintegrate rapidly.

In 2002, the Larsen B ice shelf collapsed; in 2003, the World Glacial Monitoring Service reported that «The recent increase in the rates of ice loss over reduced glacier surface areas as compared with earlier losses related to larger surface areas (cf. the thorough revision of available data by Dyurgerov, 2002) becomes even more pronounced and leaves no doubt about the accelerating change in climatic conditions.»