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Two-timescale response of a large Antarctic ice shelf to climate change
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2021.
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Abstract
- New simulations find that one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves, the Filchner–Ronne, may be less vulnerable to climate change than previously thought. Melting of the ice shelf initially decreases for many decades, and only increases when global warming exceeds approximately 7 °C.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.247979c958864b59a2c9a9a06f064453
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22259-0