Collapse of the Wilkins Ice Shelf
According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, a large portion of the Wilkins Ice Shelf in the Antarctic (map) began to collapse during late February and early March 2008. A Terra MODIS visible image (above; courtesy of Shelley Knuth, SSEC Antarctic Meteorological Research Center) shows the extent of ice shelf disintegration on 10 March 2008.
The latest real-time IR satellite composite and Antarctic synoptic analysis chart from the SSEC AMRC is shown below.
