A chilling trend — anchors for Antarctic ice shelves reducing fast, leading to more ice melting
However, researchers have found a significant reduction in these pinning points, with more than 37 percent diminishing in size between 2000 and 2022. This reduction means there’s less area for the ice shelves to attach to and remain stable. The study highlights that only 15 percent of pinning points were reduced from 1973 to 1989, …