Scientists have discovered damage to two major Antarctic glaciers through satellite imagery, according to a new study.
Researchers from the U.S. and several other countries published a study Monday that found two of the fastest-changing glaciers in Antarctica, the Pine Island Glacier and Thwaites Glacier, have developed "crevasses and open fractures," which show "signs of their structural weakening."
"These damage areas consist of highly crevassed areas and open fractures and are first signs that the shear zones of both ice shelves have structurally weakened over the past decade," researchers wrote in the abstract.
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