Summit Voice: While British researchers recently showed how warming ocean currents are melting ice sheets in West Antarctica, other areas may also be susceptible rapid and potentially catastrophic disintegration -- especially the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf fringing the Weddell Sea. Rising air temperatures in the region will break down a hydrological boundary of cold water, allowing warmer water to infiltrate beneath the ice. The model projects that huge masses of the as-yet stable ice shelf could become unstable...
URL: http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/05/10/global-warming-new-threat-to-antarctic-ice-shelves/
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