Impacts of marine instability across the East Antarctic Ice
Sheet on Southern Ocean dynamics

Phipps, Steven J.; Fogwill, Christopher J.; Turney, Christian S. M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2317-2016

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30 Sep 2016

Research article |

| 30 Sep 2016

Impacts of marine instability across the East Antarctic Ice Sheet on Southern Ocean dynamics

Steven J. Phipps, Christopher J. Fogwill, and Christian S. M. Turney

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SC1: 'Southern Subpolar Gyre changes', Anders Levermann, 31 May 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Short Comment 1: 'Southern Subpolar Gyre changes' by Anders Levermann', Steven Phipps, 21 Jul 2016
RC1: 'Reviewer comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Referee Comment 1: 'Reviewer comment' by Anonymous Referee #1', Steven Phipps, 21 Jul 2016
RC2: 'Reviewer Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Jun 2016
- AC3: 'Response to Referee Comment 2: 'Reviewer Comment' by Anonymous Referee #2', Steven Phipps, 21 Jul 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Steven Phipps on behalf of the Authors (19 Aug 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (08 Sep 2016) by Catherine Ritz

AR by Steven Phipps on behalf of the Authors (16 Sep 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

We explore the effects of melting of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet on the Southern Ocean. Using a climate model, we find that melting changes the ocean circulation and causes warming of more than 1 °C at depth. We also discover the potential existence of a "domino effect", whereby the initial warming spreads westwards around the Antarctic continent. Melting of just one sector could therefore destabilise the wider Antarctic Ice Sheet, leading to substantial increases in global sea level.