Warm surface waters increase Antarctic ice shelf melt and delay dense water formation

Shigeru Aoki; Tomoki Takahashi; Kaihe Yamazaki; Daisuke Hirano; Kazuya Ono; Kazuya Kusahara; Takeshi Tamura; Guy D. Williams

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00456-z

Communications Earth & Environment (Jun 2022)

Warm surface waters increase Antarctic ice shelf melt and delay dense water formation

Shigeru Aoki,
Tomoki Takahashi,
Kaihe Yamazaki,
Daisuke Hirano,
Kazuya Ono,
Kazuya Kusahara,
Takeshi Tamura,
Guy D. Williams

Affiliations

Shigeru Aoki: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
Tomoki Takahashi: Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University
Kaihe Yamazaki: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
Daisuke Hirano: National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa
Kazuya Ono: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
Kazuya Kusahara: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Takeshi Tamura: National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa
Guy D. Williams: University of Tasmania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00456-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Excessively warm and fresh surface water along the Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica, in 2017 led to more ice melt and delayed dense water formation, according to analyses of in situ observations.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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