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Articles | Volume 18, issue 4
Articles | Volume 18, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1863-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1863-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 4
Research article
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22 Apr 2024
Research article |  | 22 Apr 2024

Geometric amplification and suppression of ice-shelf basal melt in West Antarctica

Jan De Rydt and Kaitlin Naughten

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The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing ice at an accelerating pace. This is largely due to the presence of warm ocean water around the periphery of the Antarctic continent, which melts the ice. It is generally assumed that the strength of this process is controlled by the temperature of the ocean. However, in this study we show that an equally important role is played by the changing geometry of the ice sheet, which affects the strength of the ocean currents and thereby the melt rates.
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