What future for the ice shelves in the Antarctic Peninsula?
An international research group, including scientists from three French laboratories (1), has revealed the systematic and negative impact of ocean warming on the extent of ice shelves in the East Antarctic Peninsula in recent decades and the 9000 last years. The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the reg...
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| Format: | Other/Unknown Material |
| Language: | French |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://afeqeng.hypotheses.org/1517 |
| Summary: | An international research group, including scientists from three French laboratories (1), has revealed the systematic and negative impact of ocean warming on the extent of ice shelves in the East Antarctic Peninsula in recent decades and the 9000 last years. The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the regions most affected by the current global warming. Over the last 50 years, it has lost almost 75% of the surface of its floating ice platforms, which are important barriers to ocean erosion for th. |
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