Blog Post Image: El Niño tied to melting of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier

Published at 500 × 332 in El Niño tied to melting of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier

The Pine Island ice shelf in 2009. This photo was taken near the grounding line, where the land-based glacier transitions to a floating ice shelf. Image credit: Ian Joughin, UW

This photo was taken near the grounding line of Pine Island Glacier, looking seaward down the floating shelf center. The antennae of the University of Kansas deep radar are visible hanging down from the wing of the aircraft.

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