Study suggests large waves may have bigger role in breaking up polar sea ice than thought
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 08:01
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org) —A small team of researchers from Australia and New Zealand has found that large waves caused by ocean storms appears to be playing a bigger role in breaking up polar sea ice than has been thought. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the team describes how they set up sensors to measure the impact of waves on sea ice and how their findings might help explain why sea ice is increasing in some parts of the world and decreasing in others.