Three things that might trigger massive ice sheet collapse

Three things that might trigger massive ice sheet collapse

Icebergs in Disko Bay, Greenland. iralgo74/ShutterstockThe Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are highly vulnerable to global warming and scientists are being increasingly worried about the possibility of large parts of the ice sheets collapsing, if global temperatures keep on rising. Scientists have identified three elements that could be triggered, putting the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica at further risk. These three instabilities ar…