The rise and fall of massive ice sheets have shaped Earth’s surface for millions of years, but their influence may extend far deeper than previously recognized. This week in News & Views, Tao Yuan, a PhD student at the University of Colorado Boulder, explores how glacial cycles can alter lithospheric plate motions and even modulate the spreading of mid-ocean ridges. The ongoing melting of glac ...[Read More]
Melting Glaciers Move Lithospheric Plates and Fluctuate Mid-ocean Ridges’ Spreading
(Photo by Robin Littlefield, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)