Observed vulnerability of Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf to wind-driven inflow of warm deep water
The average rate of melting at the base of the large Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in the southern Weddell Sea is currently low, but projected to increase dramatically within the next century. In a model study, melt rates increase as changing ice conditions cause a redirection of a coastal current, bring...
Published in: | Nature Communications |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1956/13061 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12300 |