The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research has predicted that the Amery Ice Shelf is to expand 24% by 2021. The Ice Shelf would expand another 24% by 2026.
The NCPOR observations is based on 16 year-long satellite observations. The covered 60,000 sq km of the Amery Ice Shelf.
Amery Ice Shelf
Amery ice shelf is located in the east coast of Antarctica. It is one of the largest ice shelf in the world.
The mass balance and dynamics of the ice shelf help in understanding the changes in global climate scenario.
The Amery Ice shelf extended by about 550 Metres in 201, 1470 metres in 2018 and 2200 metres in 2019. if the extension of the ice shelf continues, the positions will coincide with actual boundary conditions.
NCPOR
Th National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) is the indian institution that perform country's reserach activities in Polar and southern oceans.
It performs geoscientific surveys in the extended continental shelf, deep sea drilling in Arabian Sea basin and also explore the ocean for resources such as multi metal sulphides, Gas hydrates etc. The institute is located in Goa.
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