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Scientific paper
Aug 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006eostr..87..305h&link_type=abstract
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, Volume 87, Issue 31, p. 305-308
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Geographic Location: Antarctica (4207), Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets: Glaciation, Global Change: Cryospheric Change (0776)
Scientific paper
Temperatures on the Antarctic Peninsulaare increasing at a rate of 3.4°C per century,more than five times the global mean. At thesame time, the region's ice shelves haveretreated and collapsed, with an area ofmore than 14,000 square kilometers disappearingwithin the past two decades. Ice shelf retreat has followed the southwardmigration of the -9°C mean annual isotherm,referred to as the `climatic limit of ice shelfstability' (Figure 1). Thus, present-day iceshelf retreats on the Antarctic Peninsula havebeen linked to increased atmospheric temperature[Vaughan et al., 2003].
Bentley Michael J.
Domack Eugene W.
Hodgson Dominic
Roberts Stephen J.
Smith Anthony J.
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