Linear sea-level response to abrupt ocean warming of major West Antarctic ice basin

M. Mengel, J. Feldmann and A. Levermann ()
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M. Mengel: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
J. Feldmann: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
A. Levermann: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 1, 71-74

Abstract: Ice shelves lose ice through both melting caused by warm marine waters and instability. For the Filchner–Ronne ice shelf, West Antarctica, ice loss is dominated by melt due to warm water intrusion, rather than marine ice-sheet instability.

Date: 2016
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