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Twenty-first-century warming of a large Antarctic ice-shelf cavity by a redirected coastal current

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  • Hartmut H. Hellmer

    (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany)

  • Frank Kauker

    (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
    OASys, Lerchenstrasse 28a, 22767 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Ralph Timmermann

    (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany)

  • Jürgen Determann

    (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, D-27570 Bremerhaven, Germany)

  • Jamie Rae

    (Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter EX1 3PB, UK)

Abstract

The redirection of warm water under the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf during the second half of this century could cause the ice-shelf base to melt at a rate 20 times higher than at present.

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  • Hartmut H. Hellmer & Frank Kauker & Ralph Timmermann & Jürgen Determann & Jamie Rae, 2012. "Twenty-first-century warming of a large Antarctic ice-shelf cavity by a redirected coastal current," Nature, Nature, vol. 485(7397), pages 225-228, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:485:y:2012:i:7397:d:10.1038_nature11064
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11064
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