Palaeoclimate science: Pulsating ice sheet
During the last ice age, huge numbers of icebergs were episodically discharged from an ice sheet that covered North America. Numerical modelling suggests that these events resulted from a conceptually simple feedback cycle.
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017
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| Online Access: | https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/145482/ https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/145482/1/2017_542298a.pdf https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-145482 https://doi.org/10.1038/542298a |
| Summary: | During the last ice age, huge numbers of icebergs were episodically discharged from an ice sheet that covered North America. Numerical modelling suggests that these events resulted from a conceptually simple feedback cycle. |
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