Antarctic Ice Shelf Set to Collapse. By Alister Doyle, Reuters, January 21, 2009. "A huge Antarctic ice shelf is on the brink of collapse with just a sliver of ice holding it in place, the latest victim of global warming that is altering maps of the frozen continent... The Wilkins Ice Shelf once covered 16,000 sq km. It has lost a third of its area but is still about the size of Jamaica or the state of Connecticut. Once the strip breaks up, the sea is likely to sweep away much of the remaining ice. Icebergs the shape and size of shopping malls already dot the sea around the shelf as it disintegrates."
2009-01-21
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