File:Glacier-ice shelf interactions.svg
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Glacier-ice shelf interactions: In a stable glacier-ice shelf system, the glacier's downhill movement is offset by the buoyant force of the water on the front of the shelf. Warmer temperatures destabilize this system by lubricating the glacier's base and creating melt ponds that eventually carve through the shelf. Once the ice shelf retreats to the grounding line, the buoyant force that used to offset glacier flow becomes negligible, and the glacier picks up speed on its way to the sea. |
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23 May 2008 |
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Original Image by Ted Scambos and Michon Scott, National Snow and Ice Data Center. Redrawn by Sagredo⊙☿♀♁♂♃♄ |
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| current | 19:35, 23 May 2008 | | 1,200×734 (455 KB) | Sagredo (talk | contribs) | ({{Information |Description=Glacier-ice shelf interactions: In a stable glacier-ice shelf system, the glacier's downhill movement is offset by the buoyant force of the water on the front of the shelf. Warmer temperatures destabilize this system by lubricat) |
| 19:23, 23 May 2008 |  | 1,200×734 (118 KB) | Sagredo (talk | contribs) | ({{Information |Description=Glacier-ice shelf interactions: In a stable glacier-ice shelf system, the glacier's downhill movement is offset by the buoyant force of the water on the front of the shelf. Warmer temperatures destabilize this system by lubricat) | |
| 19:21, 23 May 2008 |  | 1,200×734 (118 KB) | Sagredo (talk | contribs) | ({{Information |Description=Glacier-ice shelf interactions: In a stable glacier-ice shelf system, the glacier's downhill movement is offset by the buoyant force of the water on the front of the shelf. Warmer temperatures destabilize this system by lubricat) |
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