In Antarctica, massive glaciers are constantly shifting. Ice streams, which act like conveyor belts, are the pathways of accelerated movement that transport the majority of the ice and sediment debris from these extensive glaciers towards the ocean...
#climatechange #antarctica #rossiceshelf #melting #meltingice #geophysics #iceshelf #IceStream #glaciers #globalwarming https://scitechdaily.com/the-largest-ice-shelf-in-antarctica-is-behaving-oddly/
The Largest Ice Shelf in Antarctica Is Behaving Oddly
The activity of an ice stream has caused the Ross Ice Shelf to suddenly displace. In Antarctica, massive glaciers are constantly shifting. Ice streams, which act like conveyor belts, are the pathways of accelerated movement that transport the majority of the ice and sediment debris from these exten
SciTechDailyJust been interviewed about this new paper Khan et al from our colleagues at #DTUSpace - it's about the NE #Greenland #IceStream #NEGIS that drains a large areas of the #IceSheet + that has accelerated and thinned since at least the early 2000s
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05301-z

Extensive inland thinning and speed-up of Northeast Greenland Ice Stream - Nature
Analysis of global navigation satellite system observations and satellite data shows that frontal changes in 2012 of the North-East Greenland Ice Stream led to speed-up and thinning at least 200 km inland.
Nature