Antarctic ice shelf potentially stabilized by export of meltwater in surface river

• Published in: Nature
• Main Author: Frezzotti, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
• Subjects: Amery; Antarctic; Greenland; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Petermann glacier
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12079/1858; https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22048; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85018164299&doi=10.1038%2fnature22048&partnerID=40&md5=65ca9a8db9c37a47e8ee378e59104dc8

Meltwater stored in ponds and crevasses can weaken and fracture ice shelves, triggering their rapid disintegration. This ice-shelf collapse results in an increased flux of ice from adjacent glaciers and ice streams, thereby raising sea level globally. However, surface rivers forming on ice shelves c...