Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming
Over 60% of meteorite finds on Earth originate from Antarctica. Using a data-driven analysis that identifies meteorite-rich sites in Antarctica, we show that, due to climate warming, many extra-terrestrial rocks are lost from the surface by melting into the ice sheet. Currently, ~5000 meteorites/yea...
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ftumanchesterpub:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/bd5a30ee-517a-4964-84b5-00225ba22927 2024-05-19T07:29:13+00:00 Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming Tollenaar, Veronica Zekollari, Harry Kittel, Christoph Farinotti, Daniel Lhermitte, Stef Debaille, Vinciane Goderis, Steven Claeys, Philippe Joy, Katherine Helen Pattyn, Frank 2024-04-08 https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/bd5a30ee-517a-4964-84b5-00225ba22927 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-01954-y eng eng https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/bd5a30ee-517a-4964-84b5-00225ba22927 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Tollenaar , V , Zekollari , H , Kittel , C , Farinotti , D , Lhermitte , S , Debaille , V , Goderis , S , Claeys , P , Joy , K H & Pattyn , F 2024 , ' Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming ' , Nature Climate Change , vol. 14 , no. 4 , pp. 340–343 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-01954-y article 2024 ftumanchesterpub https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-01954-y 2024-04-22T00:04:34Z Over 60% of meteorite finds on Earth originate from Antarctica. Using a data-driven analysis that identifies meteorite-rich sites in Antarctica, we show that, due to climate warming, many extra-terrestrial rocks are lost from the surface by melting into the ice sheet. Currently, ~5000 meteorites/year become inaccessible (vs. ~1000 finds/year), and, independent of the emission scenario, ~24% are lost by 2050, potentially rising to ~76% by 2100 under a high-emission scenario. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet The University of Manchester: Research Explorer Nature Climate Change 14 4 340 343 |
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Over 60% of meteorite finds on Earth originate from Antarctica. Using a data-driven analysis that identifies meteorite-rich sites in Antarctica, we show that, due to climate warming, many extra-terrestrial rocks are lost from the surface by melting into the ice sheet. Currently, ~5000 meteorites/year become inaccessible (vs. ~1000 finds/year), and, independent of the emission scenario, ~24% are lost by 2050, potentially rising to ~76% by 2100 under a high-emission scenario. |
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Tollenaar , V , Zekollari , H , Kittel , C , Farinotti , D , Lhermitte , S , Debaille , V , Goderis , S , Claeys , P , Joy , K H & Pattyn , F 2024 , ' Antarctic meteorites threatened by climate warming ' , Nature Climate Change , vol. 14 , no. 4 , pp. 340–343 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-01954-y |
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