The potential for stabilizing Amundsen Sea glaciers via underwater curtains
Rapid sea level rise due to an ice sheet collapse has the potential to be extremely damaging the coastal communities and infrastructure. Blocking deep warm water with thin flexible buoyant underwater curtains may reduce melting of buttressing ice shelves and thereby slow the rate of sea level rise....
Published in: | PNAS Nexus |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2023
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Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10118300/ https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad103 |