At Mars, they are thought to be one possible mechanism for
driving atmospheric loss.
Not exact matches
The new research, published today in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, explains that this
atmospheric loss is
driven by a polar wind powered by an interaction between sunlight, the solar magnetic field and the molecules present in the upper atmosphere.
The researchers find that «ocean -
driven melt is an important driver of Antarctic ice shelf retreat where warm water is in contact with shelves, but in high greenhouse - gas emissions scenarios,
atmospheric warming soon overtakes the ocean as the dominant driver of Antarctic ice
loss.»
Sea ice
loss in the Arctic may trigger
atmospheric effects that
drive precipitation away from the state
«We are beginning to see the links in a chain that begins with solar -
driven processes acting on gas in the upper atmosphere and leads to
atmospheric loss,» said Bruce Jakosky, MAVEN principal investigator with the Laboratory for
Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
The abstract below is quite clear in finding no evident relationship between ice
loss and
atmospheric or marine factors related to greenhouse -
driven global warming: