Breakup and conditions for stability of the northern Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Doake, C. S. M., Corr, H. F. J., Rott, H., Skvarca, P., Young, N. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 1998
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Larsen Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503990/; https://doi.org/10.1038/35832

The breakup of ice shelves has been widely regarded as an indicator of climate change1, with observations around the Antarctic Peninsula having shown a pattern of gradual retreat, associated with regional atmospheric warming and increased summer melt and fracturing processes2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. T...