A new and worrying way that large ice sheets can melt has been characterized by scientists for the first time. The research focuses on how relatively warm seawater can lap at the underside of ground-based ice, which can accelerate the movement of the ice into the ocean.
New tipping point discovered beneath the Antarctic ice sheet retrieved 25 June 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-06-beneath-antarctic-ice-sheet.html
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