Open AccessWarm Water Is Rapidly Eroding Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo123031
Subject(s) - ice shelf , iceberg , oceanography , geology , inflow , water ice , sea ice , cryosphere , astrobiology , physics
The underside of the world’s largest ice shelf is melting—by meters per year in some places—because of the seasonal inflow of water heated by the Sun, observations of the White Continent reveal.