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Forty percent of Antarctica’s ice shelves are shrinking, worrying scientists

Por: Portland Press Herald World October 13, 2023

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Parts of this fast-melting ice shelf in West Antarctica were mapped and measured in 2016. Jeremy Harbeck/Operation IceBridge/Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA More than 40% of Antarctica’s ice shelves have dwindled in the past 25 years, potentially accelerating sea-level rise by allowing more land ice to flow into the ocean, according to new research released Thursday. The extent of ice shelves thinning is more widespread than previously... + full article



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