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| Title |
Antarctic ice shelf disintegration triggered by sea ice loss and ocean swell
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| Published in |
Nature, June 2018
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| DOI | 10.1038/s41586-018-0212-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Robert A. Massom, Theodore A. Scambos, Luke G. Bennetts, Phillip Reid, Vernon A. Squire, Sharon E. Stammerjohn |
| Abstract |
Understanding the causes of recent catastrophic ice shelf disintegrations is a crucial step towards improving coupled models of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and predicting its future state and contribution to sea-level rise. An overlooked climate-related causal factor is regional sea ice loss. Here we show that for the disintegration events observed (the collapse of the Larsen A and B and Wilkins ice shelves), the increased seasonal absence of a protective sea ice buffer enabled increased flexure of vulnerable outer ice shelf margins by ocean swells that probably weakened them to the point of calving. This outer-margin calving triggered wider-scale disintegration of ice shelves compromised by multiple factors in preceding years, with key prerequisites being extensive flooding and outer-margin fracturing. Wave-induced flexure is particularly effective in outermost ice shelf regions thinned by bottom crevassing. Our analysis of satellite and ocean-wave data and modelling of combined ice shelf, sea ice and wave properties highlights the need for ice sheet models to account for sea ice and ocean waves. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 123 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 12 | 10% |
| United States | 10 | 8% |
| Chile | 9 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 7% |
| Spain | 5 | 4% |
| Mexico | 4 | 3% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2 | 2% |
| Peru | 2 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 20 | 16% |
| Unknown | 49 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 98 | 80% |
| Scientists | 21 | 17% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 2% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 317 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 317 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 63 | 20% |
| Researcher | 60 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 32 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 29 | 9% |
| Professor | 17 | 5% |
| Other | 42 | 13% |
| Unknown | 74 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 137 | 43% |
| Environmental Science | 36 | 11% |
| Engineering | 14 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 3% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 9 | 3% |
| Other | 32 | 10% |
| Unknown | 80 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 332. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 June 2023.
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