Bad News at the Poles: Antarctic Ice Shelf Disappears

A new U.S. Geological Survey reports that an Antarctic ice shelf has completely disappeared. Another ice shelf has lost a portion three times the size of Rhode Island! Antarctica is the Earth's largest reservoir of glacial ice, and it is melting rapidly. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar explains:

This study provides the first insight into the extent of Antarctica's coastal and glacier change. The rapid retreat of glaciers there demonstrates once again the profound effects our planet is already experiencing -- more rapidly than previously known - as a consequence of climate change.

Recent imaging has revealed the Wordie Ice Shelf and the northern part of the Larsen Ice Shelf no longer exist.
Via: Environment News Service

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Posted by Jennifer Lance at April 7, 2009 10:51 AM