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Antarctic ice-sheet loss driven by basal melting of ice shelves

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  • H. D. Pritchard

    (British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK)

  • S. R. M. Ligtenberg

    (Utrecht University, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands)

  • H. A. Fricker

    (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego)

  • D. G. Vaughan

    (British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK)

  • M. R. van den Broeke

    (Utrecht University, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands)

  • L. Padman

    (Earth & Space Research, 3350 Southwest Cascade Avenue)

Abstract

Using satellite laser altimetry, basal melting of ice shelves is determined to be the main driver of Antarctic ice-sheet loss,with changing climate the likely cause.

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  • H. D. Pritchard & S. R. M. Ligtenberg & H. A. Fricker & D. G. Vaughan & M. R. van den Broeke & L. Padman, 2012. "Antarctic ice-sheet loss driven by basal melting of ice shelves," Nature, Nature, vol. 484(7395), pages 502-505, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:484:y:2012:i:7395:d:10.1038_nature10968
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10968
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