Weird 'Gravity' Waves Above Antarctica Caused by Ice Vibrations

Stretching between Antarctica and the Ross Sea, the Ross Ice Shelf is the world’s largest body of ice. Since ice thickness is one factor that determines the size of the resulting atmospheric ripples, scientists could someday use measurements in the air disruptions to monitor the Ross Ice Shelf, said lead study author Oleg Godin, a professor of physics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. The atmospheric waves, also sometimes referred to as gravity waves, were found in