What Are Ice Shelves and Why Do They Keep Collapsing?
The last 30 years have been full of unusual ice shelf collapses and disintegrations across Antarctica, the Arctic, Greenland, and Canada.
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The Conger Ice Shelf Collapse Left Scientists Surprised, But Not Hopeless
The twin polar heat waves and Conger ice shelf collapse were unprecedented, scary, but absolutely not a reason to give up on climate change.
Ice Sheets: Why Ice Melt in Antarctica and Greenland Matters for Us
This melting—driven by climate change—is the number two driver of global sea level rise, it harms nearby corals and shellfish, and more.
Op-ed: The Beauty of Greenland’s Ice Sheet and Why It’s Disappearing
A glaciologist at Lamont-Doherty, Marco Tedesco shares vivid images of melting ice sheets in Greenland and the consequences of climate change.
Winter Rains Are Melting Greenland Ice, Raising Sea Levels
https://youtu.be/MakHMmYNFZ4 According to Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, while warmer climate and melting events have contributed to rising sea levels, a new study of Greenland's ice sheet shows how subsequent factors -- down to the tiny organisms produced in these melting…