Implications of the break-up of Wordie Ice Shelf, Antarctica for sea level
Temperature records in the Antarctic Peninsula have shown a climatic warming of 1.5°C over the past 30 years and a number of ice shelves have retreated. The most dramatic retreat has been that of Wordie Ice Shelf which has undergone a catastrophic disintegration since the 1960s. Understanding the ca...
| Published in: | Antarctic Science |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1993
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102093000537 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102093000537 |