“‘if you remove the ice shelf, there’s a potential that not just ice-cliff instabilities will start occurring, but a process called marine ice-sheet instabilities,’ says matthew wise, a polar scientist at the university of cambridge.
“‘if you remove the ice shelf, there’s a potential that not just ice-cliff instabilities will start occurring, but a process called marine ice-sheet instabilities,’ says matthew wise, a polar scientist at the university of cambridge.
west antarctic ice sheet:1
the wais is classified as a marine-based ice sheet, meaning that its bed lies well below sea level and its edges flow into floating ice shelves.