Sentences with phrase «temperatures under the ice shelves»

Changes to Antarctic winds have already been linked to southern Australia's drying climate but now it appears they may also have a profound impact on warming ocean temperatures under the ice shelves along the coastline of West and East Antarctic.

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By the second half of this century, rising air temperatures above the Weddell Sea could set off a self - amplifying meltwater feedback cycle under the Filchner - Ronne Ice Shelf, ultimately causing the second - largest ice shelf in the Antarctic to shrink dramaticalIce Shelf, ultimately causing the second - largest ice shelf in the Antarctic to shrink dramaticalice shelf in the Antarctic to shrink dramatically.

Now, Bindschadler and other researchers are heading out to fetch some of the first temperature data from under the Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, the outlet of one of the largest and fastest moving glaciers in Antarctica, in hopes of understanding what is happening beneath it.