The research aimed at understanding how melting at individual ice shelves influences the larger Antarctica circulation and ice shelf melting .
Researchers used sensor-laden seals and other equipment to find out a complex network of ocean currents that are playing a key role in the ice melting across Antarctic a.
The research aimed at understanding how melting at individual ice shelves influences the larger Antarctica circulation and ice shelf melting around the entire continent.The Antarctica ice shelves are melting at an unprecedented rate today and most of the damage is being done from below the ice shelves. The majority of melting is caused by the warm water flowing underneath the ice shelves.
“We used to think about ice shelves as isolated systems, but we now understand that multiple ice shelves are connected by currents along the Antarctic coast,”Caltech’s Andy Thompson, John S. and Sherry Chen Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering. The team identified two distinct meltwater pathways that originate from different ice shelves. One follows the coast and can increase melting at downstream ice shelves by trapping warm waters at depth, while the other path returns to the open ocean.
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