News tagged with ice shelf

Giant Antarctic iceberg heads towards N.Zealand: experts

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 12, 2009 | 2.3 / 5 (7) | 0

A giant iceberg twice the length of Beijing's "Bird's Nest" Stadium has been spotted floating off Australia and could be headed for New Zealand, scientists said on Thursday.

Ice Bridge Supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapses

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Apr 08, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (34) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- An ice bridge connecting the Wilkins Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula to Charcot Island has disintegrated. The event continues a series of breakups that began in March 2008 on the ice ...

Collapse of the ice bridge supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf appears imminent

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Apr 03, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (74) | 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Wilkins Ice Shelf is at risk of partly breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula as the ice bridge that connects it to Charcot and Latady Islands looks set to collapse. The beginning ...

Icebergs break away from Antarctic iceshelf

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Apr 28, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (16) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Satellite images show that icebergs have begun to calve from the northern front of the Wilkins Ice Shelf - indicating that the huge shelf has become unstable. This follows the collapse three ...

NIU will use robotic submarine to explore melting occurring below Antarctic ice

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 05, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Northern Illinois University geologists are helping to lead a multi-million-dollar, five-year investigation of melting near the base of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) using a 24-foot-long ...

Wilkins Ice Shelf under threat

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 28, 2008 | 3.1 / 5 (23) | 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- New rifts have developed on the Wilkins Ice Shelf that could lead to the opening of the ice bridge that has been preventing the ice shelf from disintegrating and breaking away from the Antarctic ...

'Webcam' from Space: Envisat observing Wilkins Ice Shelf

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 12, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 1

In light of recent developments that threaten to lead to the break-up of the Wilkins Ice Shelf, ESA is making daily satellite images of the ice shelf available to the public via the 'Webcam' from Space web ...

Wilkins Ice Shelf hanging by its last thread

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 10, 2008 | 3.3 / 5 (27) | 12

The Wilkins Ice Shelf is experiencing further disintegration that is threatening the collapse of the ice bridge connecting the shelf to Charcot Island. Since the connection to the island in the image centre ...