Antarctic ice shelf potentially stabilized by export of meltwater in surface river

Robin E. Bell (), Winnie Chu, Jonathan Kingslake, Indrani Das, Marco Tedesco, Kirsty J. Tinto, Christopher J. Zappa, Massimo Frezzotti, Alexandra Boghosian and Won Sang Lee
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Robin E. Bell: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades
Winnie Chu: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades
Jonathan Kingslake: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades
Indrani Das: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades
Marco Tedesco: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades
Kirsty J. Tinto: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades
Christopher J. Zappa: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades
Massimo Frezzotti: Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA SP)
Alexandra Boghosian: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades
Won Sang Lee: Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)

Nature, 2017, vol. 544, issue 7650, 344-348

Abstract: On the Nansen Ice Shelf in Antarctica, a surface river that terminates in a waterfall can drain the ice shelf’s entire annual meltwater in just one week, potentially preventing the meltwater from hastening the catastrophic collapse of the shelf.

Date: 2017
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