Model of the Factors Influencing Melting of the Shirase Glacier (IMAGE)

Hokkaido University

Model of the Factors Influencing Melting of the Shirase Glacier

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Warm water flows into Luetzow-Holm Bay along a deep underwater ocean trough and then flows upwards along the tongue's base, warming and melting the base of Shirase Glacier Tongue. (Daisuke Hirano et al., Nature Communications, August 24, 2020)

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Daisuke Hirano et al., Nature Communications, August 24, 2020

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