Ocean heat under Antarctica melts ice shelves from below, risking faster sea-level rise
TL;DR
A new study shows circumpolar deep water heat is migrating toward Antarctica, melting ice shelves from below and potentially accelerating global sea-level rise. By combining decades of ship data with Argo floats, researchers built a 40-year record of warming that also suggests deeper changes in ocean circulation, which could affect currents like the AMOC and have broad climate impacts.
- Rising heat from the ocean is causing Antarctica to melt from below — potentially accelerating weather events, study claims New York Post
- Poleward migration of warm Circumpolar Deep Water towards Antarctica | Communications Earth & Environment Nature
- An anomaly in global sea level rise is explained by deep ocean heating Phys.org
- Deep-ocean Heat is Closing in on Antarctica Labcompare
- Long-Term Study Reveals Deep-Ocean Heat Has Been Marching Closer to Antarctica environment coastal & offshore
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