Antarctic Glacier Sped Up As Its Ice Shelf Collapsed

2024-05-21 333

Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and 2020, when one-fifth of its associated ice shelf broke off as massive icebergs, a study revealed.
Scientists studied the acceleration using high-res radar images, captured by satellites.

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