Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences: Ice Shelves Fracture Under Weight of Meltwater Lakes
May 04, 2024
May 04, 2024
BOULDER, Colorado, May 4 (TNSres) -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news on May 3, 2024:
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New CIRES-led study: Heavy pooling meltwater can fracture ice, potentially leading to ice shelf collapse
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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 t . . .
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New CIRES-led study: Heavy pooling meltwater can fracture ice, potentially leading to ice shelf collapse
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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 t . . .