Sentences with phrase «cause ice shelf collapse»

Climate scientists study icebergs as they break up for clues to the processes that cause ice shelf collapse.

But it is on the eastern Peninsula that the most rapid summer warming has occurred, and where the surface - melting has caused ice shelf collapse (indeed, James Ross Island wasn't really an island until 1995, when the Prince Gustav ice shelf collapsed).

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The collapse of several small ice shelves has caused glaciers to accelerate two - to ninefold and spill more ice into the ocean, raising the sea level.

Rather, warm water melting the ice at the ice / ocean interface is causing rapid changes, including ice - shelf collapse, and acceleration and recession of Pine Island Glacier.

There is already strong evidence that anthropogenic forcing has played a significant role in the collapse of ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula, cause by significant melting at the surface during summer.

The worry is that warming sea - water underneath these ice - shelves is causing them to collapse.

For example, warm sea - water can cause «blocking» sea - ice shelves to collapse.

Increased delivery of warm ocean water into the sub-ice shelf cavity may therefore cause not only thinning but also structural weakening of the ice shelf, perhaps, as a prelude to eventual collapse.»

As ice shelves collapse the glaciers behind them retreat more quickly, causing further sea - level rise.

These approaches, however, haven't taken into account some physical processes that can quickly increase ice sheet discharge, such as the collapse of terminal ice cliffs and the breakup of floating ice shelves caused by a process known as hydrofracturing.

There are differing views on the specific cause of the Larsen C ice - shelf collapse, but there is no doubt that greater protection for the Southern Ocean is needed.

What UHI caused the 6000 year old Larsen B & Wilkins ice shelves to collapse into slush?