/geography/ en /geography/2012/12/07/massive-crevasses-and-bendable-ice-affect-stability-antarctic-ice-shelf <span>Massive crevasses and bendable ice affect stability of Antarctic ice shelf</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2012-12-07T09:31:35-07:00" title="Friday, December 7, 2012 - 09:31">Fri, 12/07/2012 - 09:31</time> </span> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/60"> News </a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/64"> Research </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/460" hreflang="en">Daniel McGrath</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/462" hreflang="en">Konrad Steffen</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/130" hreflang="en">Waleed Abdalati</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Gaping crevasses that penetrate upward from the bottom of the largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula make it more susceptible to collapse, according to University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder researchers who spent the last four Southern Hemisphere summers studying the massive floating sheet of ice that covers an area twice the size of Massachusetts.</p><p>But the scientists also found that ribbons running through the Larsen C Ice Shelf – made up of a mixture of ice types that, together, are more prone to bending than breaking – make the shelf more resilient than it otherwise would be.</p><p>The research team from CU-Boulder's Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences presented the findings Dec. 6 at the American Geophysical Union's annual meeting in San Francisco.</p><p><a href="http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2012/12/07/massive-crevasses-and-bendable-ice-affect-stability-antarctic-ice-shelf-cu" rel="nofollow">Read entire CU Boulder news article</a></p></div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-right col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:31:35 +0000 Anonymous 1062 at /geography