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Exploit
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Geoid
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Lipid-lowering agent
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Artificial CO2 sequestering
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Geocentric
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Visual pollution
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Voyager 2
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Deficiency
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IPv6
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Pull-apart sedimentary basin
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Formaldehyde
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Transition metal
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Nicol
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RGB
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Pluripotency
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Fuel
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Interferometry
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ADEME
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Server
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Constellation of Gemini
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ADD
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Actin
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Ocellus
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NAO
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Padding
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Poikilotherm
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Sulphide body
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DSS
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Metamorphosis
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Oxidoreductase
Ice shelf
An ice shelf, or ice barrier, is a particular characteristic of the Antarctic. Ice shelves are also found in Greenland and Canada.
They are ice floes (frozen sea water) on which glaciers have formed by snow compaction. When they break, they form flat icebergs.
The edge of the Ross ice shelf in Antarctica. © Van Woert / Noaa Nesdis / Ora
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