Warm, dry winds may be straining Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/warm-dry-winds-melting-antarctica-larsen-c-ice-shelf?tgt=nr

Warm winds have caused ice from the Antartic Peninsula, and specifically the Larsen C ice shelf, to melt and form pools.  Researchers have looked at atmospheric condition data from 1982 to 2017 and found that since 2015, the warm winds have caused an alarming amount of melting to take place.  This is problematic because melting causes cracks to form, and could eventually cause the ice shelf to break off. 
This is important because it gives us an example of the effects that climate change is having on our planet.  If we do not start making changes soon, the Earth will suffer greater consequences. 

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