Recent trends in melting conditions on the Antarctic Peninsula and their implications for ice-sheet mass balance and sea level

• Main Author: Vaughan, David G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research 2006
• Subjects: Glaciology; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Faraday; The Antarctic; Vernadsky Station; Antarc*; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Antarctica; Arctic; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/145/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/145/1/Recent%20Trends%20in%20Melting%20Conditions%20on%20the%20Antarctic%20Peninsula%20and%20Their%20Implications%20for%20Ice%20sheet%20Mass%20Balance%20and%20Sea%20Level.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1657/1523-0430(2006)038[0147:RTIMCO]2.0.CO;2

Long-term records from meteorological stations on the Antarctic Peninsula show strong rising trends in the annual duration of melting conditions. In each case, the trend is statistically significant and represents a major increase in the potential for melting; for example, between 1950 and 2000 the...