Antarctic ice shelf collapse possibly triggered by ocean waves, Scripps-led study finds
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 18:42
in Earth & Climate
Depicting a cause-and-effect scenario that spans thousands of miles, a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California - San Diego and his collaborators discovered that ocean waves originating along the Pacific coasts of North and South America impact Antarctic ice shelves and could play a role in their catastrophic collapse.