Vulnerable ice in the Weddell Sea

Of the West Antarctic ice shelves, those in the Amundsen Sea sector have given the most cause for concern. Ocean modelling of the Weddell Sea region, together with a detailed survey of the ice bed morphology, indicates that this region, too, may change soon.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Geoscience
Main Author: Humbert, Angelika
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Antarctic
Weddell Sea
Amundsen Sea
Weddell
Antarc*
Ice Shelves
Online Access:https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/32907/
https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/32907/1/Humbert_NV_2012.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.41446
https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.41446.d001
Description
Summary:Of the West Antarctic ice shelves, those in the Amundsen Sea sector have given the most cause for concern. Ocean modelling of the Weddell Sea region, together with a detailed survey of the ice bed morphology, indicates that this region, too, may change soon.

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