Observed interannual changes beneath Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf linked to large-scale atmospheric circulation

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Hattermann, Tore, Nicholls, Keith W., Hellmer, Hartmut H., Davis, Peter E. D., Janout, Markus A., Østerhus, Svein, Schlosser, Elisabeth, Rohardt, Gerd, Kanzow, Torsten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer Nature 2021
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Ronne Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/54122/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/54122/1/Hattermann_etal2021.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23131-x; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.69a03e0b-62b1-4601-a09f-644a429a16b2

Floating ice shelves are the Achilles’ heel of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. They limit Antarctica’s contribution to global sea level rise, yet they can be rapidly melted from beneath by a warming ocean. At Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, a decline in sea ice formation may increase basal melt rates and acceler...