Tags: glacier

The Getz Ice Shelf (credit: Anna Wåhlin)

Antarctic ice walls protect against rising sea levels

A vital role that floating Antarctic ice shelves play in preventing catastrophic sea level rises has been proven for the first time in a new study, published in the scientific journal Nature.

Chasm 1 in the Brunt Ice Shelf (credit: Jan De Rydt)

Large Antarctic Ice Shelf, home to UK research station, is about to break apart

Glaciology experts have issued evidence that a large section of the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, which is home to the British Antarctic Survey’s Halley Research Station, is about break off.

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