Can rifts alter ocean dynamics beneath ice shelves?
<p>Land ice discharge from the Antarctic continent into the ocean is restrained by ice shelves, floating extensions of grounded ice that buttress the glacier outflow. The ongoing thinning of these ice shelves – largely due to enhanced melting at their base in response to global warming – is kn...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2023-06-01
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| Series: | The Cryosphere |
| Online Access: | https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/2261/2023/tc-17-2261-2023.pdf |