Right at the southernmost edge of our globe, where the ocean meets massive ice cliffs, lies the so-called marginal ice zone (MIZ), as scientists know it. It is the region of sea ice that is strongly influenced by open-ocean processes, particularly ocean waves.
Scientists have long sought to pinpoint the location of this “outer edge” of sea ice. Traditionally, they used satellite-derived sea-ice concentration maps, divided into constant thresholds, to define it.
Although…
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