Sentences with phrase «although shelf ice»

The scientists report in Geophysical Research Letters journal that they had discovered that although shelf ice could be expected to wear at the ocean edge, something else was happening in West Antarctica.

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Although MIDAS is studying climate change's effect on Antartica, they said they weren't sure whether or not global warming was actually the culprit in this particular calving (although they said it does leave the ice shelf in a «vulnerable position.Although MIDAS is studying climate change's effect on Antartica, they said they weren't sure whether or not global warming was actually the culprit in this particular calving (although they said it does leave the ice shelf in a «vulnerable position.although they said it does leave the ice shelf in a «vulnerable position.»)

Although Tyler's team pulled its instruments out of the borehole in January 2013, the mooring that held the cable in place remains frozen into the ice shelf, he says — and the team hopes they can get back to it for a longer term monitoring project.

But the story in East Antarctica is still murky, they report; although the volume of its ice shelves has fluctuated significantly, they found no clear trend of volume loss during that time period.

Dr Gudmundsson said: «Although floating ice shelves have only a modest impact on of sea - level rise, ice from Antarctica's interior can discharge into the ocean when they collapse.

After further analysis of the data, the scientists found that although a strong El Niño changes wind patterns in West Antarctica in a way that promotes flow of warm ocean waters towards the ice shelves to increase melting from below, it also increases snowfall particularly along the Amundsen Sea sector.

Although the remaining ice shelf will continue naturally to regrow, Swansea researchers have previously shown that the new configuration is potentially less stable than it was prior to the rift.

«Although this is a natural event, and we're not aware of any link to human - induced climate change, this puts the ice shelf in a very vulnerable position.

Some large chunks of ice have broken off Antarctica's ice shelves in recent years, although most researchers don't foresee runaway melting there.

Although the robot didn't offer a glimpse of anything living there — it's not equipped with cameras or a sampling arm — it did provide invaluable data for scientists studying the swift - moving Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, which might be thought of as ground zero for the biggest Antarctic mystery of all, in the minds of many scientists: What is happening to the ice?

Although losses are partly offset by strong gains on the spine and western flank of the Antarctic Peninsula, numerous glaciers feeding intact Antarctic Peninsula, West Antarctic and East Antarctic ice shelves are also thinning dynamically.

Although the climate conditions of the Antarctic continent are colder and drier than in the Peninsula, ice shelf thinning could be caused by a warmer ocean instead of warmer air temperatures.

Although only a tiny fraction of the ice shelf melts, the water infiltrates the shelf through small cracks in the ice.

«Although this is a natural event, and we're not aware of any link to human - induced climate change, this puts the ice shelf in a very vulnerable position... We're going to be watching very carefully for signs that the rest of the shelf is becoming unstable,» Swansea University Glaciologist Dr. Martin O'Leary said.

The latter finding — although still based on a low - resolution record — appears to contradict the hypothesis of a thick ice shelf covering the entire Arctic Ocean during MIS 6 as proposed by Jakobsson et al. 49.

«Although it's fascinating scientifically to have a front - row seat to watch the ice shelf becoming unstable and breaking up, it's bad news for our planet.»

«Although this is a natural event, and we're not aware of any link to human - induced climate change, this puts the ice shelf in a very vulnerable position,» said glaciologist Martin O'Leary.

«Although this is a natural event, and we're not aware of any link to human - induced climate change, this puts the ice shelf in a very vulnerable position,» said Martin O'Leary, a glaciologist at Swansea University, said as the Midas project announced that the ice shelf had broken.

Second, although sea - level rise will continue for many centuries to come, the models unanimously show that Greenland's ice shelf will be reduced, but Antarctic ice will increase even more (because of increased precipitation in Antarctica) for the next three centuries.