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One area of research at the opposite side, McMurdo, apparently is around glaciers melting. > Warming seas are carving into massive Antarctic glacier that could
by ncr100 4y ago
One area of research at the opposite side, McMurdo, apparently is around glaciers melting.
> Warming seas are carving into massive Antarctic glacier that could trigger sea level rise https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/15/glacier-ice-melt-ocean-warming/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/1...
Q: I wonder if the South Pole station is also involved in active climate research or if the North Pole is somehow more scientifically relevant to near-term climate change?
Enlightning observation:
> [...] researchers have determined that warm water is getting channeled into crevasses in what the researchers called “terraces” — essentially, upside-down trenches — and carving out gaps under the ice. As the ice then flows toward the sea, these channels enlarge and become future potential break points, where the floating ice shelf comes apart and produces huge icebergs.