The role of föhn winds in eastern Antarctic Peninsula rapid ice shelf collapse

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: M. K. Laffin, C. S. Zender, M. van Wessem, S. Marinsek
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Scar Inlet; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1369-2022; https://doaj.org/article/552c9d8345f349acb594c7bfb9295a37

Ice shelf collapse reduces buttressing and enables grounded glaciers to contribute more rapidly to sea-level rise in a warming climate. The abrupt collapses of the Larsen A (1995) and B (2002) ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) occurred, at least for Larsen B, when long-period ocean swells...