by Environmental News | Jul 13, 2017 | Our Planet
Author: Anthony Watts / Source: Watts Up With That? I thought I’d take a moment from my R&R to write about all the hullabaloo surrounding the calving of the large iceberg off the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica. First, a few of the headlines: LA Times:...
by Environmental News | Jul 12, 2017 | Petition For Change
Author: Eric Holthaus / Source: Grist One of the sleds that scientists used to drag radar instruments across the Larsen C ice shelf. One of the largest icebergs ever recorded broke off Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf earlier this week, according to satellite...
by Environmental News | Jul 12, 2017 | Petition For Change
Author: Nina Chestney / Source: HuffPost LONDON (Reuters) – One of the biggest icebergs on record has broken away from Antarctica, scientists said on Wednesday, creating an extra hazard for ships around the continent as it breaks up. The one trillion...
by Environmental News | Jul 12, 2017 | Our Planet
Author: Nicola Davis / Source: the Guardian Vast iceberg splits from Antarctic ice shelf A giant iceberg twice the size of Luxembourg has broken off an ice shelf on the Antarctic peninsula and is now adrift in the Weddell Sea. Reported to be “hanging by a...
by Environmental News | Jun 9, 2017 | Our Planet
Author: Catherine Rice / Source: Nature World News (Photo : NASA/John Sonntag/Wikimedia Commons) Scientists are watching intently as a titanic section of Larsen C, the fourth largest ice shelf in Antarctica, prepares to break off into the sea as an iceberg...
