An ice shelf breakup
- Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Glaciers and ice sheets are controlled by the climate and must change if the conditions that led to their current configurations are changing. These ice masses exist at the interface between the atmosphere, which provides sustaining snowfall and thermal regulation, and the land, which provides a stable base and in many cases the elevation required to reach suitably cold conditions. Ice sheets and glaciers are distributed around the globe and can serve as potential indicators of past climate variability and current climatic trends. 9 refs.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 240939
- Journal Information:
- Science, Vol. 271, Issue 5250; Other Information: PBD: 9 Feb 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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