Continuing break up of the Larsen B Embayment fast ice, shown by a pair of Sentinel-1A images (Copernicus/ESA) from Jan 11 and Jan 23, 2022, including retreat of the Scar Inlet Ice Shelf and glaciers to the north. Submitted to NSIDC by Mark Fahnestock and Naomi Ochwat.
Landfast sea ice in the Larsen B embayment, continuously present for the past 10+ years, is breaking out. This may lead to new changes in the glaciers in this area. Images are from @NASA Worldview (Aqua MODIS) on 1/16/2022 and 1/21/2022.
More than a third of the Antarctic’s ice shelf area could be at risk of collapsing into the sea if global temperatures reach 4°C above pre-industrial levels, new research has shown.
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