As the rivers of ice flow into the ocean, they could cause global sea levels to rise higher and faster than scientists had previously predicted. (news.nationalgeographic.com)
The ice shelves themselves are already floating, but they are attached to land and play a critical role in slowing the ocean - bound ice flow from the massive ice sheets behind them. (insideclimatenews.org)
These new findings are critical to measuring the global impact to sea - level rise resulting from ice flowing into the ocean. (esa.int)