#ice-shelf-collapse

#ice-shelf-collapse

"Recent changes observed in Antarctica now show that it is much more Greenland-like than earlier prognoses," wrote the authors of a recently-published paper titled "The Greenlandification of Antarctica."If your first reaction upon seeing that title is to wonder what Greenlandification means, the paper's authors have helpfully provided a definition: "he transition of a cold, stable ice mass with low or negligible surface melt to one more similar to present-day Greenland, where a warmer atmosphere and ocean drive increased surface and submarine melt and sustained calving activity."