Increasing melting of West Antarctic ice shelves may be unavoidable – new research
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par Kaitlin Naughten, Ocean-Ice Modeller, British Antarctic Survey
Jan De Rydt, Associate Professor of Polar Glaciology and Oceanography, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Paul Holland, Ocean and Ice Scientist, British Antarctic Survey
The rate at which the warming Southern Ocean melts the West Antarctic ice sheet will speed up rapidly over the course of this century, regardless of how much emissions fall in coming decades, our new research suggests. This ocean-driven melting is expected to increase sea-level rise, with consequences for coastal communities around the world.
The Antarctic ice sheet, the world’s largest volume of land-based ice, is a system of interconnected glaciers comprised of snowfall that remains year-round. Coastal…
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lundi 23 octobre 2023
