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Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2357-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2357-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
Research article
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20 May 2021
Research article |  | 20 May 2021

Environmental drivers of circum-Antarctic glacier and ice shelf front retreat over the last two decades

Celia A. Baumhoer, Andreas J. Dietz, Christof Kneisel, Heiko Paeth, and Claudia Kuenzer

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We present a record of circum-Antarctic glacier and ice shelf front change over the last two decades in combination with potential environmental variables forcing frontal retreat. Along the Antarctic coastline, glacier and ice shelf front retreat dominated between 1997–2008 and advance between 2009–2018. Decreasing sea ice days, intense snowmelt, weakening easterly winds, and relative changes in sea surface temperature were identified as enabling factors for glacier and ice shelf front retreat.
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