An unexpected ice collapse hints at worrying changes on the Antarctic coast

Last Updated: December 3, 2024Categories: ScienceBy Views: 72

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C. Walker et al. The multi-decadal crumple of East Antarctica’s Conger-Glenzer Ice Shelf. Nature Geoscience. Printed on-line December 3, 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41561-024-01582-3.

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N. Ribeiro et al. Oceanic regime shift to a hotter continental shelf adjacent to the Shackleton Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Study Oceans. Vol. 128, November 2023, e2023JC019882. doi: 10.1029/2023JC019882.

S.S. Thompson et al. Glaciological history and structural evolution of the Shackleton Ice Shelf system, East Antarctica, over the past 60 years. The Cryosphere. Printed on-line January 16, 2023. doi: 10.5194/tc-17-157-2023.

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Douglas Fox is a contract journalist primarily based fully in northern California. He became funded by the National Science Foundation to shuttle to Antarctica from November 2019 to January 2020.

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