Fact-check: “The Antarctic ice shelf is disappearing”
Verdict: Misleading (82% confidence)
The evidence shows that specific Antarctic ice shelves have collapsed or lost significant mass (notably Larsen A in 1995, Larsen B in 2002, and Conger-Glenzer in 2022), and that from 1997 to 2021 Antarctica experienced a net loss of approximately 36,701 km² of ice-shelf area, with 71 of 162 shelves losing mass. However, peer-reviewed satellite data (Fricker et al., 2023; Davison et al., 2023) documented that total Antarctic ice-shelf area slightly increased by ~5,305 km² from 2009–2019, with ma…
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