Wind causes Totten Ice Shelf melt and acceleration

Wind upwells warm water from the deep ocean off the East Antarctic coast, leading to ice-shelf melt and glacier acceleration.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Science Advances
Main Authors: Greene, Chad A., Blankenship, Donald D., Gwyther, David E., Silvano, Alessandro, van Wijk, Esmee
Other Authors: National Science Foundation, G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation, Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Australian Research Council
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2017
Subjects:
Antarctic
Antarc*
Ice Shelf
Totten Ice Shelf
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1701681
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.1701681
Description
Summary:Wind upwells warm water from the deep ocean off the East Antarctic coast, leading to ice-shelf melt and glacier acceleration.

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