Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming

More than 60% of meteorite finds on Earth originate from Antarctica. Using a data-driven analysis that identifies meteorite-rich sites in Antarctica, we show climate warming causes many extraterrestrial rocks to be lost from the surface by melting into the ice sheet. At present, approximately 5,000...

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Main Authors: Tollenaar, Veronica, Zekollari, Harry, id_orcid:0 000-0002-7443-4034, Kittel, Christoph, Farinotti, Daniel, id_orcid:0 000-0003-3417-4570, Lhermitte, Stef, Debaille, Vinciane, Goderis, Steven, Claeys, Philippe, Joy, Katherine Helen, Pattyn, Frank
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature 2024
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Antarc*
Antarctic
Antarctica
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/668425
https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000668425
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spelling ftethz:oai:www.research-collection.ethz.ch:20.500.11850/668425 2024-05-19T07:32:24+00:00 Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming Tollenaar, Veronica Zekollari, Harry id_orcid:0 000-0002-7443-4034 Kittel, Christoph Farinotti, Daniel id_orcid:0 000-0003-3417-4570 Lhermitte, Stef Debaille, Vinciane Goderis, Steven Claeys, Philippe Joy, Katherine Helen Pattyn, Frank 2024-04 application/application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/668425 https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000668425 en eng Nature info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s41558-024-01954-y info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/001198585700005 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/869304 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/668425 doi:10.3929/ethz-b-000668425 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Nature Climate Change, 14 (4) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2024 ftethz https://doi.org/20.500.11850/66842510.3929/ethz-b-00066842510.1038/s41558-024-01954-y 2024-04-30T23:34:11Z More than 60% of meteorite finds on Earth originate from Antarctica. Using a data-driven analysis that identifies meteorite-rich sites in Antarctica, we show climate warming causes many extraterrestrial rocks to be lost from the surface by melting into the ice sheet. At present, approximately 5,000 meteorites become inaccessible per year (versus ~1,000 finds per year) and, independent of the emissions scenario, ~24% will be lost by 2050, potentially rising to ∼76% by 2100 under a high-emissions scenario. ISSN:1758-6798 Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet ETH Zürich Research Collection
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description More than 60% of meteorite finds on Earth originate from Antarctica. Using a data-driven analysis that identifies meteorite-rich sites in Antarctica, we show climate warming causes many extraterrestrial rocks to be lost from the surface by melting into the ice sheet. At present, approximately 5,000 meteorites become inaccessible per year (versus ~1,000 finds per year) and, independent of the emissions scenario, ~24% will be lost by 2050, potentially rising to ∼76% by 2100 under a high-emissions scenario. ISSN:1758-6798
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Tollenaar, Veronica
Zekollari, Harry
id_orcid:0 000-0002-7443-4034
Kittel, Christoph
Farinotti, Daniel
id_orcid:0 000-0003-3417-4570
Lhermitte, Stef
Debaille, Vinciane
Goderis, Steven
Claeys, Philippe
Joy, Katherine Helen
Pattyn, Frank
spellingShingle Tollenaar, Veronica
Zekollari, Harry
id_orcid:0 000-0002-7443-4034
Kittel, Christoph
Farinotti, Daniel
id_orcid:0 000-0003-3417-4570
Lhermitte, Stef
Debaille, Vinciane
Goderis, Steven
Claeys, Philippe
Joy, Katherine Helen
Pattyn, Frank
Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming
author_facet Tollenaar, Veronica
Zekollari, Harry
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Kittel, Christoph
Farinotti, Daniel
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Lhermitte, Stef
Debaille, Vinciane
Goderis, Steven
Claeys, Philippe
Joy, Katherine Helen
Pattyn, Frank
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title Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming
title_short Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming
title_full Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming
title_fullStr Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming
title_full_unstemmed Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming
title_sort antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming
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url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/668425
https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000668425
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Antarctica
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