Cracking Up (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Cracking Up

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Areas of Antarctic ice shelves buttressing glaciers vulnerable to hydrofracturing are shown in red. Blue areas adjoining the ocean are vulnerable too, but those portions do not help hold back glaciers. Smaller green and yellow areas closer to land are less vulnerable.

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Adapted from Lai et al., Nature 2020.

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