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Bookmark or Share- Larsen Ice Shelf - WikipediaIn finer detail, the Larsen Ice Shelf is a series of shelves that occupy (or occupied) distinct embayments along the coast. From north to south, the segments are called Larsen A (the smallest), Larsen B, and Larsen C (the largest) by researchers who work in the area. [3] Further south, Larsen D and the much smaller Larsen E, F and G are also ...
- Larsen B Ice Shelf Collapse - NASA Earth ObservatoryThe Larsen B ice shelf collapsed and broke away from the Antarctic Peninsula during February and March, 2002—a progression observed by Terra’s Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and analyzed at the University of Colorado’s National Snow and Ice Data Center.
- World of Change: Collapse of the Larsen-B Ice ShelfIn early 2002, scientists monitoring daily satellite images of the Antarctic Peninsula watched in amazement as almost the entire Larsen B Ice Shelf splintered and collapsed in just over one month. They had never witnessed such a large area disintegrate so rapidly.
- World of Change: Collapse of the Larsen-B Ice ShelfIn the Southern Hemisphere summer of 2002, scientists monitoring daily satellite images of the Antarctic Peninsula watched in amazement as almost the entire Larsen B Ice Shelf splintered and collapsed in just over one month.
- What happened to the Larsen Ice Shelf?Larsen Ice Shelf losses over the previous five years, culminating in this rapid disintegration event, leave the Larsen B at roughly 40 percent the size of its previous minimum stable extent. The collapse in early 2002 is the largest single event in a series of retreats over the past 30 years.
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