The Cryosphere
Speed-up, slowdown and redirection of ice flow on neighbouring ice streams in West Antarctica
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Space News |
Thanks largely to Copernicus Sentinel-1, scientists have discovered that a glacier in Antarctica is rapidly siphoning ice from neighbouring flows – at a pace never before seen. Until now, researchers believed that this process of ‘ice piracy’ in Antarctica took hundreds or even thousands of years, but these latest findings clearly demonstrate that this isn’t always the case.
Speed-up, slowdown and redirection of ice flow on neighbouring ice streams in West Antarctica