On-shelf circulation of warm water toward the Totten Ice Shelf in East Antarctica

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Daisuke Hirano, Takeshi Tamura, Kazuya Kusahara, Masakazu Fujii, Kaihe Yamazaki, Yoshihiro Nakayama, Kazuya Ono, Takuya Itaki, Yuichi Aoyama, Daisuke Simizu, Kohei Mizobata, Kay I. Ohshima, Yoshifumi Nogi, Stephen R. Rintoul, Esmee van Wijk, Jamin S. Greenbaum, Donald D. Blankenship, Koji Saito, Shigeru Aoki
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2023
• Subjects: Science; Q; East Antarctica; Totten Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Totten Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39764-z; https://doaj.org/article/c79ba67253354d47a0ff9cc2ae3fa015

Abstract The Totten Glacier in East Antarctica, with an ice volume equivalent to >3.5 m of global sea-level rise, is grounded below sea level and, therefore, vulnerable to ocean forcing. Here, we use bathymetric and oceanographic observations from previously unsampled parts of the Totten continen...