Sea Ice That Slowed the Flow of Antarctic Glaciers Abruptly Shatters In Three Days - Columbia University

Since 2011, a mass of sea ice from the Larsen B ice shelf helped stabilize the landward glaciers, but the stopgap rapidly disintegrated in January 2022.

Remnants of the Larsen-B ice shelf, filled in with seasonal ice in January 2016. Until January 2022, sea ice helped to buttress the nearby glaciers, slowing their flow into the sea. Photo: O.V.E.R.V.… [+5379 chars]

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