Cause of long, potentially damaging channels on Antarctic ice shelves found

Cause of long, potentially damaging channels on Antarctic ice shelves found

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https://phys.org/news/2018-11-potentially-channels-antarctic-ice-shelves.html

However, with new technology researchers are able to study them in greater detail than ever before, even looking through kilometres-thick glaciers to view processes occurring at their bases.

The team, including researchers from universities in the UK and the US, used ice-penetrating radar mounted on planes to peer through the glacier and work out what is happening at its base.

Cause of long, potentially damaging channels on Antarctic ice shelves found

Nov 1, 2018, 3:47pm UTC
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-potentially-channels-antarctic-ice-shelves.html > However, with new technology researchers are able to study them in greater detail than ever before, even looking through kilometres-thick glaciers to view processes occurring at their bases. > The team, including researchers from universities in the UK and the US, used ice-penetrating radar mounted on planes to peer through the glacier and work out what is happening at its base.