The prescience of paleoclimatology and the future of the Antarctic ice sheet

Eric J. Steig; Peter D. Neff

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05001-1

Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

The prescience of paleoclimatology and the future of the Antarctic ice sheet

Eric J. Steig,
Peter D. Neff

Affiliations

Eric J. Steig: Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
Peter D. Neff: Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05001-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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The emerging view that the West Antarctic ice sheet is in the early stage of collapse owes as much to paleoclimatology as to contemporary observations.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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