How the ocean melts Antarctic ice

The floating ice shelves around Antarctica are key to buttressing land-based ice. Observations, simulations and analyses from around Antarctica now identify mechanisms that lead to basal melting of these vulnerable shelves.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Communications Earth & Environment
Main Author: Ariaan Purich
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
Subjects:
Geology
QE1-996.5
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Shelves
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00471-0
https://doaj.org/article/fd72b418879340f8a9915d489d8db18e
Description
Summary:The floating ice shelves around Antarctica are key to buttressing land-based ice. Observations, simulations and analyses from around Antarctica now identify mechanisms that lead to basal melting of these vulnerable shelves.

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