The Larsen A and B ice shelves, which were situated further north on the Antarctic Peninsula, collapsed in 1995 and 2002, respectively.

“This resulted in the dramatic acceleration of the glaciers behind them, with larger volumes of ice entering the ocean and contributing to sea-level rise,” said David Vaughan, glaciologist and director of science at British Antarctic Survey.

“If Larsen C now starts to retreat significantly and eventually collapses, then we will see another contribution to sea level rise,” he added.

Big icebergs break off Antarctica naturally, meaning scientists are not linking the rift to manmade climate change.

The ice, however, is a part of the Antarctic peninsula that has warmed fast in recent decades.

“In the ensuing months and years, the ice shelf could either gradually regrow, or may suffer further calving events which may eventually lead to collapse – opinions in the scientific community are divided,” Professor Luckman said.

“Our models say it will be less stable, but any future collapse remains years or decades away.”

the glaciers that formerly fed the shelf have accelerated now they are calving directly into the sea. The same thing happened with Greenland (Oceans Melting Greenland program.)

"Glacier flow and ice loss in an important region of Antarctica has increased only marginally in recent decades, a satellite study has found."

http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2017/satellites-show-acceleration-of-antarctic-glaciers

Help, We're all gunna fry drown.

Yes, eventually ice shelves do break off: but at what rate?