Antarctic ice shelf disintegration triggered by sea ice loss and ocean swell

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Massom, R., Scambos, T., Bennetts, L., Reid, P., Squire, V., Stammerjohn, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Theodore; Luke; Wilkins; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/115349; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0212-1

Published online 13 June 2018 Understanding the causes of recent catastrophic ice shelf disintegrations is a crucial step towards improving coupled models of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and predicting its future state and contribution to sea-level rise. An overlooked climate-related causal factor is reg...