Ice front blocking of ocean heat transport to an Antarctic ice shelf
International audience Mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet to the ocean has increased in recent decades, largely because the thinning of its floating ice shelves has allowed the outflow of grounded ice to accelerate1,2. Enhanced basal melting of the ice shelves is thought to be the ultimate drive...
Published in: | Nature |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02495496 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02495496/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02495496/file/Wahlin2020.pdf https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2014-5 |