Almost three miles of ice buries most of Antarctica, cloaking a continent half again as large as the United States.
ut when an Antarctic ice shelf the size of Manhattan collapsed in less
than a month in 2002, it shocked scientists and raised the alarming
possibility that Antarctica may be headed for a meltdown. Even a 10%
loss of Antarctica’s ice would cause catastrophic flooding of coastal
cities unlike any seen before in human history. What are the chances of a
widespread melt?
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