Converse of object

• float: The AUI program is exploring the marine environment beneath floating ice shelves using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ( AUV ) called Autosub.

Adjective modifier

• Antarctic: Antarctic ice shelves that existed for thousands of years are crumbling.

• floating: Unlike the melting of sea ice or the floating ice shelves along coasts, the melting of ice on land raises sea level.

• more: BAS glaciologist Dr. David Vaughan said, " In 1998, BAS predicted the demise of more ice shelves around the Antarctic Peninsula.

Modifies a noun

• collapse: Images and pictures of the ice shelf collapse are available from the BAS press office.