LarsenC Surface Mel (IMAGE)

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LarsenC Surface Mel

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In this image, created by NASA's Earth Observatory using Landsat data from the US Geological Survey, brilliant blue pools of melt water can be seen collecting atop the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula. A new study shows that the Larsen C shelf experienced an unusual spike in late-season surface melting in the years 2015 to 2017 -- and quantifies how much of this additional melting is due to 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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