Re:Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise...
by tito on Monday October 21, 2019 @11:36AM
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I found the terms confusing so looked them up. Does this look right to you?
Glacier: Large ice masses created by snowfall that has transformed into ice and compressed over the course of many years. Ice sheets, ice streams, and ice shelves are a few types of glaciers. [2]
Ice Sheets: Freaking huge glaciers
Ice Cliffs: the vertical edges of an ice sheet. Like a rock cliff but made of ice.
Ice Shelf: the "hanging chad" of the ice world. Chunk of an ice sheet that extends out over the ocean (nice diagram in source below) [1]
Sea ice: Frozen seawater, floating on the ocean. Not made from snowfall.
Iceberg: Ice floating on the ocean, chunk of an ice sheet/ice shelf
Glacier: Large ice masses created by snowfall that has transformed into ice and compressed over the course of many years. Ice sheets, ice streams, and ice shelves are a few types of glaciers. [2]
Ice Sheets: Freaking huge glaciers
Ice Cliffs: the vertical edges of an ice sheet. Like a rock cliff but made of ice.
Ice Shelf: the "hanging chad" of the ice world. Chunk of an ice sheet that extends out over the ocean (nice diagram in source below) [1]
Sea ice: Frozen seawater, floating on the ocean. Not made from snowfall.
Iceberg: Ice floating on the ocean, chunk of an ice sheet/ice shelf
[1] Helpful: http://www.antarcticglaciers.org/glacier-processes/glacier-t...
[2] https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2018/02/05/glaciers-ice-sheets...