The 5,282 square mile Wilkins Ice Shelf is collapsing in another grim sign of global warming. The ice shelf which has floated in the Antarctic region for hundreds of years is succumbing to recent rises in temperature in the area--an average of 0.9 degrees Fahrenheit every 10 years for the last 50 years.
This series of pictures that show the beginning of the breakup were taken by NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer sensor, which flies on its Earth Observing System Aqua and Terra satellites.
