Articles | Volume 16, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-451-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-451-2022
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08 Feb 2022
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Layered seawater intrusion and melt under grounded ice

Alexander A. Robel, Earle Wilson, and Helene Seroussi

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Warm seawater may intrude as a thin layer below glaciers in contact with the ocean. Mathematical theory predicts that this intrusion may extend over distances of kilometers under realistic conditions. Computer models demonstrate that if this warm seawater causes melting of a glacier bottom, it can cause rates of glacier ice loss and sea level rise to be up to 2 times faster in response to potential future ocean warming.