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  The Antarctic Ice Sheet–A Sleeping Giant?

Winkelmann, R., Nicola, L., Notz, D. (2022): The Antarctic Ice Sheet–A Sleeping Giant? - Frontiers for Young Minds, 10, 702643.
https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2022.702643

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Winkelmann, Ricarda1, Author              
Nicola, Lena2, Author
Notz, Dirk2, Author
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1Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, ou_persistent13              
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 Abstract: The coldest, the windiest, the driest: the continent of Antarctica is a place of extremes. Located at the South Pole, Antarctica is covered by a vast ice sheet, millions of years old and in some areas more than 4,000 m thick. If all this ice were to melt, sea levels would rise by roughly 58 m. Despite its massive size, the Antarctic ice sheet is vulnerable, losing more and more ice as the climate is warming. Most of this ice loss happens along the coast, where the ice sheet slowly flows into the ocean and forms ice shelves, which melt from below because of the comparably warmer ocean water. While the ice loss is still relatively slow right now, several processes could accelerate it and eventually even make it partly unstoppable. Wide-spread ice loss can only be prevented on the long-term if we manage to limit global warming to well below 2°C.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2022-04-012022-04-272022-04-27
 Publication Status: Finally published
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 Rev. Type: Internal
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.3389/frym.2022.702643
PIKDOMAIN: RD1 - Earth System Analysis
Research topic keyword: Ice
Research topic keyword: Sea-level Rise
Research topic keyword: Tipping Elements
Regional keyword: Arctic & Antarctica
Model / method: PISM-PIK
Working Group: Ice Dynamics
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Organisational keyword: FutureLab - Earth Resilience in the Anthropocene
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 10 Sequence Number: 702643 Start / End Page: - Identifier: CoNE: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/cone/journals/resource/frontiers-for-young-minds
Publisher: Frontiers