Icebergs: Mathematical model calculates the collapse of shelf ice

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Aug 25, 2017, 12:44 pm68 pts
Shelf ice, as found in Antarctica, refers to giant floating ice sheets that can span thousands of square kilometres. Pieces break off at their edges which form icebergs in the ocean. In order to more effectively predict these break-offs, in a process known as calving, Julia Christmann from the University of…

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