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How waves, ponds and green algae are accelerating sea ice melt in Antarctica Original

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By Luke Bennetts, Bonnie Light, Petteri Uotila, Philip Reid, Rob Massom
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Picture sea ice in your mind. You probably imagine brilliant white, snow-covered floes floating on the surface of the ocean, home to penguins in the south of the globe or polar bears in the north. But our new research shows Antarctic sea ice can turn into rafts of rotting floes (the free-floating pieces of ice) or an icy green slush when it interacts with waves in the stormiest ocean on the planet.
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Ocean waves and lack of floating ice can trigger Antarctic ice shelves to disintegrate

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By Luke Bennetts, Rob Massom, Vernon Squire
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Large waves after the loss of sea ice can trigger Antarctic ice shelf disintegration over a period of just days, according to our new research.
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Ocean waves and lack of sea ice can trigger Antarctic ice shelves to disintegrate

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By Luke Bennetts, Rob Massom, Vernon Squire
| The Conversation Verified
Large waves after the loss of sea ice can trigger Antarctic ice shelf disintegration over a period of just days, according to our new research.
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