Can rifts alter ocean dynamics beneath ice shelves?

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: M. Poinelli, M. Schodlok, E. Larour, M. Vizcaino, R. Riva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Buttress; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2261-2023; https://doaj.org/article/7b861fed2b014f81b2ed19f7e8aaddca

Land ice discharge from the Antarctic continent into the ocean is restrained by ice shelves, floating extensions of grounded ice that buttress the glacier outflow. The ongoing thinning of these ice shelves – largely due to enhanced melting at their base in response to global warming – is known to ac...