Petermann ice shelf may not recover after a future breakup

New experiments suggest that the Petermann Ice Shelf in northwest Greenland is unlikely to recover once a breakup occurs in the future. If this is not unique to this ice shelf, continued ocean warming may lead to high discharge from polar ice sheets.

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Henning Åkesson, Mathieu Morlighem, Johan Nilsson, Christian Stranne, Martin Jakobsson
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29529-5
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:8301668fea2c415ea8977813f7529e51 2023-05-15T16:27:04+02:00 Petermann ice shelf may not recover after a future breakup Henning Åkesson Mathieu Morlighem Johan Nilsson Christian Stranne Martin Jakobsson 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29529-5 https://doaj.org/article/8301668fea2c415ea8977813f7529e51 EN eng Nature Portfolio https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29529-5 https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723 doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29529-5 2041-1723 https://doaj.org/article/8301668fea2c415ea8977813f7529e51 Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022) Science Q article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29529-5 2022-12-31T02:30:36Z New experiments suggest that the Petermann Ice Shelf in northwest Greenland is unlikely to recover once a breakup occurs in the future. If this is not unique to this ice shelf, continued ocean warming may lead to high discharge from polar ice sheets. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Ice Shelf Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Greenland Nature Communications 13 1
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Petermann ice shelf may not recover after a future breakup
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description New experiments suggest that the Petermann Ice Shelf in northwest Greenland is unlikely to recover once a breakup occurs in the future. If this is not unique to this ice shelf, continued ocean warming may lead to high discharge from polar ice sheets.
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author Henning Åkesson
Mathieu Morlighem
Johan Nilsson
Christian Stranne
Martin Jakobsson
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Mathieu Morlighem
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title Petermann ice shelf may not recover after a future breakup
title_short Petermann ice shelf may not recover after a future breakup
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