discoverwildlife.com·3 min read·medium
It’s about the size of Spain, stretches 800km - and protects the planet from a whopping 5 metres of rising sea levels
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Magda Patynska
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The Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica is the world's largest ice shelf and plays a critical role in regulating global sea levels. Scientists are closely monitoring its movement and stability, as changes to this massive structure could have significant implications for climate change.
Ice shelves are large platforms of glacial ice floating on the ocean, fed by glaciers. They are found in Antarctica and the Arctic (Greenland, Northern Canada and the Russian Arctic) and are critical to regulate global sea levels.
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