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Is the Wilkins Ice Shelf Weakening?

Signs of structural weaknesses may signal a shift in this Antarctic ice shelf’s stability.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey, and MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published April 6, 2024
Data acquired March 15, 2024

Sources:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
Terra > MODIS