Underwater robot updates understanding of ice shelf crevasses

By | James Dean , Cornell Chronicle

Crevasses play an important role in circulating seawater beneath Antarctic ice shelves, potentially influencing their stability, finds Cornell-led research based on first-of-its-kind exploration by an underwater robot.
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