Moving Ice and Satellites: The Motion of Crevasses in Antarctica

• Published in: International Journal of Sciences
• Main Author: Amelia Carolina Sparavigna
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Alkhaer Publications 2019
• Subjects: Ice flow; Satellite Images; Geophysics; Climate Change; Global Warming; Crevasses; Basal Crevasses; Antarctica; Amery Ice Shelf; Larsen C Ice Shelf; Amery; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://www.ijsciences.com/pub/article/1963; https://doi.org/10.18483/ijSci.1963; https://www.ijsciences.com/pub/pdf/V82019021963.pdf

Antarctica is a remote and hostile continent, the study of which is fundamental because of the role it has on oceans and Earth’s climate. Affected by the global warming phenomenon, Antarctica requires a constant monitoring of the status and motion of its ice. This monitoring can be achieved by means...