Study finds high melt rates on Antarctica's most stable ice shelf

Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 14:18 in Earth & Climate

A new Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego-led study measured a melt rate that is 25 times higher than expected on one part of the Ross Ice Shelf. The study suggests that high, localized melt rates such as this one on Antarctica's largest and most stable ice shelf are normal and keep Antarctica's ice sheets in balance.

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