Wednesday, November 30, 2016

West Antarctic ice shelf breaking up from the inside out


West Antarctic ice shelf breaking up from the inside out

11/30/2016 12:37 PM EST

rift in Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, West Antarctica

A key glacier in Antarctica is breaking apart from the inside out, suggesting that the ocean is weakening ice on the edges of the continent.


Full story at https://news.osu.edu/news/2016/11/28/pineisland/

Source
Ohio State University


This is an NSF News From the Field item.


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