Active Ice-Shelf Rift Systems on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

我们的工作将使公众了解南极对全球海平面上升的影响，例如，目前的冰山生成速度是否在加快，并导致内陆冰更快地流入海洋？此外，随着我们进入全球气候变化可能产生深远影响的时代，对包括海洋-冰-大气系统在内的重要地球系统有更深入的了解，对于一个考虑地球管理责任的社会是很重要的。

Our work will inform the public on how the Antarctic might contribute to global sea level rise, e.g., are current iceberg production rates accelerating and causing inland ice to flow into the sea more rapidly? Furthermore, a greater understanding of the important Earth systems, including the ocean-ice-atmosphere system, is important to a society contemplating the responsibilities of stewardship of the planet as we move into the era of potentially profound effects from global climate change.