BOULDER, Colorado, May 4 (TNSres) -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news on May 3, 2024: * * * New CIRES-led study: Heavy pooling meltwater can fracture ice, potentially leading to ice shelf collapse * * * When air temperatures in Antarctica rise and glacier ice melts, water can pool on the surface of floating ice shelves, weighing them down and causing the ice to bend. Now, for the first time in the field, CIRES-led research shows that   more