The Cryosphere
The cryosphere is a fundamental and integral part of the climate system, and it has important linkage and feedback with the major components of the …
Ice shelf
A Severe Foehn Storm disintegrated in a couple of days 400 square kilometers of Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice shelf giving now a free way to land ice
Rapid disintegration of part of the Larsen B ice shelf, already dramatically collapsed in 2002, occurred two weeks ago, between January 19-20, 2022. This breakup …
The world’s largest iceberg broke off Antarctica’s Renn Ice Shelf. Named A-76, it heads into the Weddell Sea and is 5-times larger than New York city
An enormous iceberg broke off the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica, moving into the Weddell Sea. It is over 4,300 square kilometers in size and …
Milne ice shelf collapse in Canada – nearly 80 sq kilometers of ice drifts into the Arctic Ocean
Canada’s 4000-year-old Milne Ice Shelf has shrunk for 43% during a major calving event at the end of July 2020. Two massive chunks of the …