Warm Ocean Currents Cause Ice Loss from Antarctica
April 25, 2012
Warm ocean currents attacking the underside of ice shelves are the dominant cause of recent ice loss from Antarctica. This animation shows the circulation of ocean currents around the western Antarctic ice shelves. credit: NASA
Topics:
Environment, Physical geography, Earth, Geography, Ocean current, Oceans, Ice shelf, Polar ice packs, Sea ice, Glaciology, Physical oceanography, Antarctica, Climate change
