Sea ice: a story of cracks

CPOM’s Harry Heorton blogs about sea ice formation and dynamics and why it’s important for global climate on the Reading Meteorology Department blog here.

Coulombic shear faulting (cracking) in a sea ice sample. Credit: Illescu and Schulson (2004)

Coulombic shear faulting (cracking) in a sea ice sample. Credit: Illescu and Schulson (2004)