Larsen Ice Shelf Has Progressively Thinned
The retreat and collapse of Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves in tandem with a regional atmospheric warming has fueled speculation as to how these events may be related. Satellite radar altimeter measurements show that between 1992 and 2001 the Larsen Ice Shelf lowered by up to 0.27 ± 0.11 meters per...
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craaas:10.1126/science.1089768 2024-06-23T07:46:55+00:00 Larsen Ice Shelf Has Progressively Thinned Shepherd, Andrew Wingham, Duncan Payne, Tony Skvarca, Pedro 2003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1089768 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1089768 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 302, issue 5646, page 856-859 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 2003 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1089768 2024-06-06T04:01:34Z The retreat and collapse of Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves in tandem with a regional atmospheric warming has fueled speculation as to how these events may be related. Satellite radar altimeter measurements show that between 1992 and 2001 the Larsen Ice Shelf lowered by up to 0.27 ± 0.11 meters per year. The lowering is explained by increased summer melt-water and the loss of basal ice through melting. Enhanced ocean-driven melting may provide a simple link between regional climate warming and the successive disintegration of sections of the Larsen Ice Shelf. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Ice Shelf Ice Shelves Larsen Ice Shelf AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Larsen Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(-62.500,-62.500,-67.500,-67.500) Science 302 5646 856 859 |
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The retreat and collapse of Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves in tandem with a regional atmospheric warming has fueled speculation as to how these events may be related. Satellite radar altimeter measurements show that between 1992 and 2001 the Larsen Ice Shelf lowered by up to 0.27 ± 0.11 meters per year. The lowering is explained by increased summer melt-water and the loss of basal ice through melting. Enhanced ocean-driven melting may provide a simple link between regional climate warming and the successive disintegration of sections of the Larsen Ice Shelf. |
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