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

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Massom, RA, Scambos, TA, Bennetts, LG, Reid, P, Squire, VA, Stammerjohn, SE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical geography and environmental geoscience; Glaciology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Wilkins; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0212-1; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29899449; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/129182

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 regional sea ice loss. Here we sh...