News Headline

Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise as much as predicted

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2019-10-21

Antarctica's ice sheet spans close to twice the area of the contiguous United States, and its land boundary is buttressed by massive, floating ice shelves extending hundreds of miles out over the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean. When these ice shelves collapse into the ocean, they expose towering cliffs of ice along Antarctica's edge.

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https://phys.org/news/2019-10-antarctic-ice-cliffs-contribute-sea-level.html