Backward-Moving Glacier Helps Scientists Explain Glacial Earthquakes
Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 13:30
in Earth & Climate
The relentless flow of a glacier may seem unstoppable, but a team of researchers from the United Kingdom and the U.S. has shown that during some calving events--when an iceberg breaks off into the ocean--the glacier moves rapidly backward and downward, causing the characteristic glacial earthquakes which until now have been poorly understood.