Antarctic ice shelf collapse possibly triggered by ocean waves
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 12 February, 2010
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Extremely long waves could have initiated 2008 collapse events. Depicting a cause-and-effect scenario that spans thousands of miles, scientists discovered that ocean waves originating along the Pacific coasts of North and South America impact Antarctic ice shelves and could play a role in their catastrophic collapse....