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....

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Published in:PNAS Nexus
Main Authors: Wolovick, Michael, Moore, John, Keefer, Bowie
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2023
Subjects:
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Amundsen Sea
Thwaites Glacier
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Sheet
Ice Shelves
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10118300/
https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad103

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