The freshwater system west of the Antarctic Peninsula: spatial and temporal changes

• Published in: Journal of Climate
• Main Authors: Meredith, Michael P., Venables, Hugh J., Clarke, Andrew, Ducklow, Hugh W., Erickson, Matthew, Leng, Melanie J., Lenaerts, Jan T. M., van den Broeke, Michiel R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Meteorological Society 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Wilkins; Wilkins Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/501487/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/501487/1/jcli-d-12-00246.1.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00246.1

Climate change west of the Antarctic Peninsula is the most rapid of anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere, with associated changes in the rates and distributions of freshwater inputs to the ocean. Here, results from the first comprehensive survey of oxygen isotopes in seawater in this region are used...