Tag: Ice Shelves 3 time-lapsed photos show the incredible
disintegration of the Filchner ice shelf in Antarctica. Within a
24-hour space, an area of sea ice larger than the state of Rhode
Island broke away from the Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf and
shattered into many smaller pieces. The Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua and Terra
satellites [...] Scientists who study the melting of Greenland’s
glaciers are discovering that water flowing beneath the ice
plays a much more complex role than they previously imagined.
Researchers previously thought that meltwater simply lubricated
ice against the bedrock, speeding the flow of glaciers out to
sea. Now, new studies have revealed that the effect of meltwater
[...] SYDNEY (Nov. 12) – A large iceberg was spotted off an
island about halfway between Antarctica and Australia, a rare
sight in waters so far north, Australian scientists said
Thursday. Australian Antarctic Division researchers working on
Macquarie Island, about 930 miles southea