80 mph speed record for glacier fracture helps reveal the physics of ice sheet collapse
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
mile crack formed in 2012 over 5-and-a-half minutes, showing that ice shelves can effectively shatter -- though the speed is limited by seawater rushing in. New research documents the fastest-known large-scale breakage along an Antarctic ice shelf.
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