And mysterious discovery in the depths of Antarctica could change what we know about ice melting.
Scientists sent a submarine to investigate large expanses of ice such as the plataforma Dotsonwhich has an area of 50 km wide and is seven times larger than New York.
Here, the submarine made a mysterious discovery in the depths of Antarctica where they analyzed the main effects of global warming in the thaw. This is what he found.
This is the mysterious discovery in the depths of Antarctica
Science Advances published last July 31, 2024 the results of his research entitled “Swirls and sips: ice core melt revealed by multibeam imaging of an Antarctic ice shelf.”
Here, scientists made a mysterious find in the depths of the Dotson Ice Shelf, which have a very close relationship with the global warming and melting ice.
And it was discovered that beneath the surface of the enormous ice platform, there are strange cylindrical formations showing the change in ice over time, caused by the effects of global warming and the melting of the poles.
The oceanographer and author of the scientific article, Anna Wåhlinsaid that this discovery “is a bit like seeing the back of the Moon for the first time,” hence its importance in understanding what happens in the depths of Antarctica.
Antarctica (Pixabay)
What did they find under the Dotson platform in the depths of Antarctica?
It was between January and March 2022 that an expedition to Antarctica was carried out, along with several missions, with the aim of investigating the depths of the Antarctic sea.
However, it was only in July of this year 2024 that the discovery was revealed with the ice core topography, which is “highly complexwhich includes types of ice base formations never seen before that are not reflected on the surface.”
And while the surface of the ice is smooth, in the depths of Antarctica, there are drop-shaped and cylindrical protuberances, as well as valleys, ridges, and plateaus.
Mapping has given us a wealth of new data that we need to look at more closely. It’s clear that many previous assumptions about melting of the lower parts of glaciers are falling short. Current models can’t explain the complex patterns we see. But with this method, we have a better chance of finding the answers.
Anna Wåhlin, scientist
Finally, the mysterious discovery in Antarctica reveals that The ice is thinning caused by global warming, which is especially worrying as it increases sea levels.
Complex formations discovered deep beneath Antarctica’s Dotson shelf (Science Advances)
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