Something Unexpected Is Happening to Antarctica’s Collapsing Ice Cliffs

Something Unexpected Is Happening to Antarctica’s Collapsing Ice Cliffs

Satellite observations show Antarctic ice cliffs stabilizing after unexpectedly rapid collapse, challenging assumptions about runaway ice loss and its contribution to rising seas. Antarctica’s ice shelves help hold back the ice sheet behind them, but rising temperatures are causing these supports to melt and break apart at record rates. As sheer ice cliffs are left [...]