The Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, the largest ice shelf on Earth. The Ross Ice Shelf is a floating extension of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and is about the size of France, with its ice cliffs towering up to 50 meters (164 feet) above the waterline and extending hundreds of meters below the surface. If a significant portion of the Ross Ice Shelf or its towering ice walls were to break off, it would have catastrophic consequences. the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, the largest ice shelf on Earth. The

An ice shelf larger than New York City has broken off eastern Antarctica, the first major shelf to collapse there in more than four decades of satellite observations — and scientists are worried. https://cbsn.ws/3iTg7OM | CBS News