Ocean waves and lack of floating ice can trigger Antarctic ice shelves to disintegrate
- Written by Luke Bennetts, Lecturer in applied mathematics, University of Adelaide
Large waves after the loss of sea ice can trigger Antarctic ice shelf disintegration over a period of just days, according to our new research.
With other research also published today in Nature showing that the rate of annual ice loss from the vulnerable Antarctic Peninsula has quadrupled since 1992, our study of catastrophic ice shelf collapses...