...ns]] in [[Westarctica]], comprising the [[Wisconsin Plateau]] and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by the [[Reedy Glacier]], Shimizu Ice Stream, [[H
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...orth Mesa]] between the heads of [[Norfolk Glacier|Norfolk]] and Olentangy Glaciers in the [[Wisconsin Range]].
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...ass at an increasing rate come from the [[Amundsen Sea]] sector, and three glaciers in particular: the [[Pine Island Glacier|Pine Island]], [[Thwaites Glacier|
...ater along deep troughs on the sea floor, toward the ice shelves of outlet glaciers.
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...nd [[George V Land]] in the east. Its total land area, mostly covered with glaciers, is estimated to be 432,000 square kilometers (167,000 sq mi). Unlike the
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...y increase its penetration. Water-filled crevasses may reach the bottom of glaciers or [[ice sheet]]s and provide a direct hydrologic connection between the su
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...out 0.9–1.9 m (1–2 yards). Scientist have suggested that the loss of these glaciers would destabilize the entire West Antarctic ice sheet and possibly sections
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...ater impacts), and this can affect ice sheet stability when the land based glaciers start to retreat; melting or breakup of floating shelf ice does not directl
...of the decade, based on observations of faster flow and rapid thinning of glaciers in the area.
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...ick. This is in contrast to [[Ice shelf|ice shelves]], which are formed by glaciers, float in the sea, and are up to a kilometer thick. There are two subdivisi
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.... These communities are significant in that they often change the color of glaciers and ice sheets, impacting the reflectivity of the ice itself.
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...s may be masked by atmospheric brown clouds. When deposited, especially on glaciers or on ice in arctic regions, the lower surface albedo can also directly hea
...(NSIDC). The acceleration of the rate of retreat since 1995 of key outlet glaciers of the Greenland and [[West Antarctic Ice Sheet]] may foreshadow a rise in
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...ction. The islands are heavily glaciated and of volcanic origin. [[glacier|Glaciers]] project from their slopes into the sea. The islands were formed by the so
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