NYC-sized ice shelf collapses in East Antarctica

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28-03-2022, 20:13

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INA – BAGHDAD

An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, according to scientists.

The collapse was captured by satellite images, which show the area had been shrinking over the last couple of years.

It was the first time in human history that the region had an ice shelf collapse and experts wondered Friday if they had been overestimating its stability.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute ice scientists, Catherine Walker said that the shelf, which spans about 460 square miles and holds in the Conger and Glenzer glaciers, collapsed between March 14 and 16.

The U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) confirmed on March 8 that iceberg C-37 had calved from the remnants of the Glenzer Ice Shelf.