Ice front blocking of ocean heat transport to an Antarctic ice shelf

International audience Mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet to the ocean has increased in recent decades, largely because the thinning of its floating ice shelves has allowed the outflow of grounded ice to accelerate1,2. Enhanced basal melting of the ice shelves is thought to be the ultimate drive...

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Published in:Nature
Main Authors: Wåhlin, Anna K., Steiger, Nadine, Darelius-Chiche, Elin, Assmann, Karen M., Glessmer, Mirjam S., Ha, Ho Kyung, Herraiz-Borreguero, Laura, Heuzé, Céline, Jenkins, Adrian, Kim, Tae-Wan, Mazur, Aleksandra K., Sommeria, Joël, Viboud, Samuel
Other Authors: Department of Marine Sciences Gothenburg, University of Gothenburg (GU), Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR), Department of Biological Sciences Bergen (BIO / UiB), University of Bergen (UiB)-University of Bergen (UiB), Geophysical Institute Bergen (GFI / BiU), University of Bergen (UiB), Institute of Marine Research Bergen (IMR), Leibniz Institute of Science and Mathematics Education, Kiel, Germany, Inha University, Centre for Southern Hemisphere Oceans Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Department of Earth Sciences Gothenburg, University of Northumbria at Newcastle United Kingdom, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), Laboratoire des Écoulements Géophysiques et Industriels Grenoble (LEGI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2020
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Online Access:https://hal.science/hal-02495496
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2014-5