Blogposts tagged 'Larsen B'

Antarctic ice sheets are formed when glaciers meet the sea.

Things are changing down in the Antarctic. Up until recently, you could pretty much describe the ice sheets there as big, cold and slow. But now, as climate change has an effect on the bottom of the planet, we're seeing news stories about changes in the ice occurring much faster than has been expected, revealing new insights into how the ice sheets of our planet behave.