According to the news of the US-based newspaper The Olympian, researchers from the California Institute of Technology and Jet Propulsion Laboratory conducted a study on how long the ice shelf melted in Antarctica.
Scientists have developed a model that shows the rate at which dense and warm ocean water melts onto Antarctica’s ice shores.
Using this model, it was determined that fresh water melted from the ice shelf could reach the warm ocean current at the glacier floor, thereby accelerating the melting process.
MAY BE 40 PERCENT HIGHER
Andy Thompson, the author of the study, said that if the model is like the real world, the rate of ice shelf melting could be 20 to 40 percent higher than the estimates in global climate models.
Experts pointed out that both the atmosphere and the oceans are warming due to the changing climate, and warned that the rate of melting of the ice shelf may increase.
According to the researchers, the ice sheets, which can be hundreds of meters thick, act as a protector for the main ice mass and prevent the entire ice sheet from flowing into the ocean.
Details of the research were published in the journal “Science Advances.”
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