claim: In the early 2000s, ice shelves began disintegrating in several parts of Antarctica, and scientists realized that process could greatly accelerate the demise of the vastly larger ice sheets themselves.
evidences.evidence_id: Antarctica:354
evidences.article: Antarctica
evidences.evidence: Recent decades have witnessed several dramatic collapses of large ice shelves around the coast of Antarctica, especially along the Antarctic Peninsula.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Antarctica:355
evidences.article: Antarctica
evidences.evidence: Concerns have been raised that disruption of ice shelves may result in increased glacial outflow from the continental ice mass.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Ice shelf:25
evidences.article: Ice shelf
evidences.evidence: In the last several decades, glaciologists have observed consistent decreases in ice shelf extent through melt, calving, and complete disintegration of some shelves.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Ice shelf:33
evidences.article: Ice shelf
evidences.evidence: Two sections of Antarctica's Larsen Ice Shelf broke apart into hundreds of unusually small fragments (hundreds of meters wide or less) in 1995 and 2002, Larsen C calved a huge ice island in 2017.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Retreat of glaciers since 1850:365
evidences.article: Retreat of glaciers since 1850
evidences.evidence: In a 35-day period beginning on January 31, 2002, about 3,250 km2 (1,250 sq mi) of shelf area disintegrated.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS