User:Bold-water-rat/East Antarctic Ice Sheet

Melting of ice shelves
In September 2023 Nature Geoscience published a research article analyzing a nine-year oceanographic record of temperatures below the Fimbulisen ice shelf in the Queen Maud land sector of the EAIS. The authors connected the flow of warm deep water into ice cavities beneath the shelf to satellite measurements showing higher rates of melting in these regions. They also showed that the warm water inflows are linked to both reduced coastal sea ice cover and stronger westerly winds circulating around the Antarctic continent. The research team concluded that these large scale linkages provide a plausible mechanism by which the effects of global warming can penetrate below the EAIS.