JOURNAL ARTICLE

Weak spots found under Antarctic ice.

  • Published In: Science News, 2023, v. 203, n. 5. P. 8 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: FOX, DOUGLAS 3 of 3

Abstract

CLIMATE Antarctica's most vulnerable climate hot spot is a remote, hostile place - a sliver of seawater beneath a slab of floating ice more than half a kilometer thick. The floating front of the glacier, the ice shelf, extends many kilometers out onto the ocean, creating a roof of ice that makes the grounding zone nearly inaccessible. Much of Thwaites' ice loss is driven by warm, salty ocean currents that destabilize the glacier at its grounding zone, where the ice lifts off the seafloor and begins to float. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Science News. 2023/03, Vol. 203, Issue 5, p8
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Environmental Sciences
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0036-8423
  • Accession Number:162039541
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