The prescience of paleoclimatology and the future of the Antarctic ice sheet

The emerging view that the West Antarctic ice sheet is in the early stage of collapse owes as much to paleoclimatology as to contemporary observations.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Eric J. Steig, Peter D. Neff
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05001-1
https://doaj.org/article/0988b6cac83e4026949876f84e0354be
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Summary:The emerging view that the West Antarctic ice sheet is in the early stage of collapse owes as much to paleoclimatology as to contemporary observations.