[ScienceD] Underlying ocean melts ice shelf, speeds up glacier movement

[Science Daily]

Underlying ocean melts ice shelf, speeds up glacier movement

Warm ocean water, not warm air, is melting the Pine Island Glacier's floating ice shelf in Antarctica and may be the culprit for increased melting of other ice shelves, according to an international team of researchers.


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