Sentences with phrase «pieces of ice shelf»
I mean the Arctic looks likely to be ice free this or next northern summer, huge pieces of ice shelf are breaking off Antartica and galciers are retreating at rate unseen before according to all geological records and all this is caused by... wait for it... the earth cooling!
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By piecing together an 18 - year record of ice shelf thinning from three different sets of satellite data, the researchers found that some ice shelves in West Antarctica have lost as much as 18 % of their volume in the last 2 decades.
One response to this warming, scientists say, is the retreat of five ice shelves, including Larsen B. «Since [1998], warming on the peninsula has continued and we watched as piece - by - piece Larsen B has retreated,» David Vaughan of the British Antarctic Survey says.
Due to rising temperatures, a Delaware - sized piece of the Antarctic ice shelf broke off into the sea in July.
A long - running rift in the Larsen C ice shelf grew suddenly in December and now just 20 km of ice is keeping the 5,000 sq km piece from floating away.