The Wilkins Ice Shelf, of course. The European Space Agency has a "satcam" up for you to see how it's going.
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An ice bridge holding a vast Antarctic ice shelf in place has shattered and may herald a wider collapse caused by global warming, a scientist said Saturday.
"It's amazing how the ice has ruptured," said David Vaughan, a glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey. "Two days ago it was intact,"…
The collapse of the Wilkins Ice Shelf has prompted the Australian to launch yet another attack on scientists -- it seems they are "tabloid media ambulance-chasing" and the ice shelf collapse was entirely natural.
every natural phenomenon, such as the ice shelf split this week, is interpreted as a…
Or nearly does, at least. It seems that the Wilkins ice shelf is hanging by a thread and bits are falling off. You'll have to forgive me for being late with this news, as I've been off in the Real World for a week or so, with only intermittent internet connections. The paper world seems to have…
A fascinating press release I want to pass along. At first I thought it was maybe good news in that rising sea levels would slow glacier drainage into the oceans but the affect is the opposite:
For the first time, researchers have closely observed how the ocean's tides can speed up or slow down…
Oh dear. Is Wilkins being set adrift in new waters? Sounds like an allegory for your life at the moment. You're not going on a diet as well, are you?
The metaphor hadn't escaped me. I'm fat, all wet, and my future is uncertain. But I'm far from frigid, and penguins don't shit on me.
I've been watching it, and that ice bridge is getting real narrow at the far end. I'm thinking a clean break pretty dang soon.