Another huge ice shelf collapsed in a span of 35 days. Larsen B ice shelf measured 720 feet thick and much bigger than the Rhode Island. It is also twice bigger than the Larsen A ice shelf that collapse in 1995.

It was in early 2002 when the scientists discovered a rift while monitoring the Antarctica via satellites and they realized the alarming condition on the ice caps in the region.

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Based on the records from the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the ice shell has been existing for about 12,000 years before it collapse in a blink of an eye. Now, the future will suffer the consequences of this event.

Since we lost the Larsen A and Larsen B already, we only have a portion of Larsen C that is in a form of big ice mass floating outward into the icy waters away from the Antarctic Peninsula. According to research done by British Antarctic Survey, it is the biggest ice shelf found in this region of the continent. Its area measures half times the size of Wales and a little smaller than the Scotland, according to the Washington Post.

Antarctica is melting and we know it's a bad sign for all the animals living in the polar region and to the whole humanity. Current observation shows that Larsen C, is also getting vulnerable and any time soon, it will lose its strength and collapse just like the others. We have heard so many cases of ice shelf melting like the ice shelf Wilkins in Antarctic.

Earlier studies show that they had discovered a growing crack in the ice shelf that looks like it will generate the largest calving since what happened in the 1980's. Researchers also know that the ice shelf has been sinking and being submerge into the water.

The ice shelf already sunk a meter for the last 15 years and it continues to sink until now. Researchers continue to see the other reason why the Larcen C dips in the water and hopefully they can prevent any larger damage.

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