Jean-Pascal Van Ypersele

In March 2022, a New York City-sized ice shelf collapsed in East Antarctica, long thought to be relatively stable against rapid change. The Conger-Glenzer ice shelf collapsed following decades of ocean-induced thinning, allowing its long-stabilizing features to transform into destabilizing ones.

Antarctica’s sea ice levels are plummeting as extreme weather events happen faster than scientists predicted

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The loss of its buttressing ice shelf could hasten the demise of the “Doomsday Glacier”