A newly published video shows the dramatic increase in ice chunks breaking free from the large ice shelf holding back the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica.
A newly published video shows the dramatic increase in ice chunks breaking free from the large ice shelf holding back the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica. With the rate of icebergs breaking free increasing over the past few years, scientists warn that the time it takes before the glacier falls into the ocean may be significantly reduced. The update on the Pine Island Glacier comes from the University of Washington, where researchers shared a video of iceberg loss from the ice shelf from January 2015 to March 2020. The video is made from satellite images captured using the ESA’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites; images were captured every 12 days for the first two years followed by every six days for the remaining years.
