Scientists Track the Sudden Disappearance of an Antarctic Ice-Shelf Lake

LDEO | Columbia University

A rarely seen phenomenon may not bode well for the future survival of the ice.

Read the press release here.

By
Kevin Krajick
June 24, 2021
At center, the fractured ice of a doline on the Amery Ice Shelf, where a large subsurface lake drained through the bottom. Surface melt-water ponds surround the feature. (NASA ICESat-2 image)