East Getz Ice Shelf (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

East Getz Ice Shelf

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Satellite images show polynyas (open-water regions) forming at the ends of basal channels beneath shear margins of the East Getz Ice Shelf. A new study in Science Advances illuminates how warm ocean water and ice dynamics conspire to weaken the edges of Antarctica's ice shelves, making them more vulnerable to breakup

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Karen Alley/The College of Wooster and NASA MODIS/MODIS Antarctic Ice Shelf Image Archive at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, CU Boulder.

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