Over 40% of Antarctica's ice shelves lost mass in 25 years: study
Paris (AFP) Oct 12, 2023
More than 40 percent of Antarctica's ice shelves lost volume in 25 years, increasing the risk of sea levels rising and with human-induced warming the likely cause, scientists said on Thursday. Ice shelves are freshwater extensions of the ice sheets that cover much of Antarctica, floating on the seas that surround the vast and ecologically fragile continent. They act as giant "plugs" stab