Commentary: Impacts of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf calving event
A giant iceberg has calved off the Larsen-C Ice Shelf, the largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula, reducing its total area by ~10%. Whilst calving events are a natural phenomenon and thus not necessarily indicative of changing environmental conditions, such events can impact ice-shel...
Published in: | Nature Climate Change |
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Nature Publishing
2017
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Online Access: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/34591/ https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3359 |
Summary: | A giant iceberg has calved off the Larsen-C Ice Shelf, the largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula, reducing its total area by ~10%. Whilst calving events are a natural phenomenon and thus not necessarily indicative of changing environmental conditions, such events can impact ice-shelf stability. |
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