From Geology Times an image of the Wilkins Ice Shelf relative to Antarctica as a whole

The seventh great Antarctic ice shelf to break away from Antarctica in 30 years is the Connecticut-sized Wilkins ice shelf.

This ice shelf started disintegrating in the 1990′s and its full break-away is now imminent. You can see daily satellite updates here on the event as it progresses.

There is a wide-spread view that this event is yet another symptom of rapid climate change.

A backgrounder on the  Wilkins ice shelf break-up can be watched here on YouTube.

Of course this is not the only ice melting and contributing to rising oceans. Glaciers are too, but that’s another disturbing story.

What can you do? Well, obviously we cannot refreeze the shelf back but we may perhaps prevent the worst of effects, by connecting these big, but far-away results with our daily lives.

You can for example report local impacts of global warming wherever it is that you live. Or tell stories of local initiatives that reduce CO2 or otherwise contribute to a sustainable world.

You can do that here in writing and photo image or at 3Ceco.com Chronicles of Climate Change by uploading your video.

Yes! You can do something! And it’s easy. Why not get going!