Observed interannual changes beneath Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf linked to large-scale atmospheric circulation

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Hattermann, Tore, Nicholls, Keith W., Hellmer, Hartmut H., Davis, Peter E. D., Janout, Markus A., Østerhus, Svein, Schlosser, Elisabeth, Rohardt, Gerd, Kanzow, Torsten
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
• Subjects: Article; Achilles Heel; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Ronne Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8138005/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34016971; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23131-x

Floating ice shelves are the Achilles’ heel of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. They limit Antarctica’s contribution to global sea level rise, yet they can be rapidly melted from beneath by a warming ocean. At Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, a decline in sea ice formation may increase basal melt rates and acceler...