Antarctica has Mountain Ranges and Valleys Bigger than Manhattan Deep Beneath its Ice – The Washington Post
Credit: University of Northumbria at Newcastle.
Article Synopsis – In Antarctica, researchers have discovered hundreds of miles of mountain ranges and valleys beneath the ice that link the Eastern and Western Antarctic Ice Sheets and could contribute to global sea level rise. These “land forms prevent ice from East Antarctica from flowing through West Antarctica and to the coast”. As the ice sheets melt, this could “increase the speed and rate at which ice flows out from the center of Antarctica to its edges, leading to an increase in global sea levels”, according to the study’s lead author, To read the actual article click here.