Antarctic ice shelf set to collapse due to warm

giovonni · 01-22-2009, 02:46 AM

Antarctic ice shelf set to collapse due to warm

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent

WILKINS ICE SHELF, Antarctica (Reuters) - 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.

"We've come to the Wilkins Ice Shelf to see its final death throes," David Vaughan, a glaciologist at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), told Reuters after the first -- and probably last -- plane landed near the narrowest part of the ice.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/envir...nnel=0&sp=true

01-22-2009, 02:46 AM	#1
giovonni Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: within my heart Posts: 1,209	Antarctic ice shelf set to collapse due to warm *Antarctic ice shelf set to collapse due to warm* By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent WILKINS ICE SHELF, Antarctica (Reuters) - 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. "We've come to the Wilkins Ice Shelf to see its final death throes," David Vaughan, a glaciologist at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), told Reuters after the first -- and probably last -- plane landed near the narrowest part of the ice. read more; http://www.reuters.com/article/envir...nnel=0&sp=true Last edited by giovonni; 01-22-2009 at 02:48 AM.

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