Surface Melt (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

Surface Melt

Caption

This map of Antarctica highlights the region of the Larsen C ice shelf (top left) that was observed to undergo enhanced late-season surface melting in the years 2015 to 2017, a portion of which was determined to result from warm, dry air currents that originate high in the peninsula's central mountain range.

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NASA Earth Observatory/Lauren Dauphin

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