One of the satellite’s first observations following its launch on 1 March 2002 was of break-up of a main section of the Larsen B ice shelf in Antarctica – when 3200 square km of ice ...

Perhaps the most significant example of ice shelf breakdown so far is what happened to the Larsen B ice shelf. In 2002, rising air temperatures melted parts of the ice shelf’s surface ...

In Antarctica, there are currently very few instances of this transition behaviour. What happened to the Larsen B ice shelf, however, may be the best example. Over just one week in 2002, warming ...