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SUBMITTER: Tuckett PA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6754444 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tuckett Peter A PA Ely Jeremy C JC Sole Andrew J AJ Livingstone Stephen J SJ Davison Benjamin J BJ Melchior van Wessem J J Howard Joshua J
Nature communications 20190920 1
Atmospheric warming is increasing surface melting across the Antarctic Peninsula, with unknown impacts upon glacier dynamics at the ice-bed interface. Using high-resolution satellite-derived ice velocity data, optical satellite imagery and regional climate modelling, we show that drainage of surface meltwater to the bed of outlet glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula occurs and triggers rapid ice flow accelerations (up to 100% greater than the annual mean). This provides a mechanism for this secto ...[more]