Columbia University-Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: Robots Roaming in Antarctic Waters Reveal Why Ross Ice Shelf Melts Rapidly in Summer
July 23, 2019
July 23, 2019
NEW YORK, July 23 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news:
A new paper offers fresh insight into the forces causing the world's largest ice shelf to melt.
The Ross Ice Shelf, a part of the Antarctic Ice Sheet that is floating on the ocean, measures several hundred meters thick and sits over 480,000 square kilometers, approximately the size of Spain. Its magnitude, and the fact that thinning of the ice shel . . .
A new paper offers fresh insight into the forces causing the world's largest ice shelf to melt.
The Ross Ice Shelf, a part of the Antarctic Ice Sheet that is floating on the ocean, measures several hundred meters thick and sits over 480,000 square kilometers, approximately the size of Spain. Its magnitude, and the fact that thinning of the ice shel . . .