Observed vulnerability of Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf to wind-driven inflow of warm deep water

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Darelius, E., Fer, I., Nicholls, K.W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Weddell Sea; Weddell; Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner Ice Shelf; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514322/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514322/1/Darelius.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12300

The average rate of melting at the base of the large Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in the southern Weddell Sea is currently low, but projected to increase dramatically within the next century. In a model study, melt rates increase as changing ice conditions cause a redirection of a coastal current, bring...