Warm ocean currents cause majority of ice loss from Antarctica
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 25 April, 2012
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Warm ocean currents are the dominant cause of recent ice loss from Antarctica, new research shows. New techniques have been used to differentiate, for the first time, between the two known causes of melting ice shelves - warm ocean currents attacking the underside, and warm air melting from above. This finding brings scientists a step closer to providing reliable projections of future sea-level rise....