Tom Mitchell
@tomatronmitch.bsky.social
Professor of Earthquake Geology and Rock Physics at UCL, Director of the NERC TREES DLA.
Reposted by Tom Mitchell
Prof @tomatronmitch.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social talks to @newscientist.com about crushing Antarctic ice in his lab as part of an NERC-funded project with @bas.ac.uk to understand how the continent's ice may crack in future – with implications for sea level www.newscientist.com/video/249090...
Scientists crush ice cores to predict Antarctica's next big ice crack
In Antarctica, two giant rifts, known as Chasm 1 and Halloween Crack, split across the Brunt Ice Shelf. The implications of the cracks are huge as ice shelves hold back huge volumes of landlocked wate...
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August 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Prof @tomatronmitch.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social talks to @newscientist.com about crushing Antarctic ice in his lab as part of an NERC-funded project with @bas.ac.uk to understand how the continent's ice may crack in future – with implications for sea level www.newscientist.com/video/249090...