Surface melt ponds form intermittently on several Antarctic ice shelves. Although implicated
in ice-shelf break up, the consequences of such ponding for ice formation and ice-shelf …

Following a southward progression of ice-shelf disintegration along the Antarctic Peninsula
(AP), Larsen C Ice Shelf (LCIS) has become the focus of ongoing investigation regarding its …

It has been argued that the− 5° C annual mean 2 m air temperature isotherm defines a limit
of ice shelf viability on the Antarctic Peninsula as melt ponding increases at higher …

A review of in situ and remote-sensing data covering the ice shelves of the Antarctic
Peninsula provides a series of characteristics closely associated with rapid shelf retreat …

A key mechanism for the rapid collapse of both the Larsen A and B Ice Shelves was
meltwater‐driven crevasse propagation. Basal crevasses, large‐scale structural features …

Melting is pervasive along the ice surrounding Antarctica. On the surface of the grounded ice
sheet and floating ice shelves, extensive networks of lakes, streams and rivers both store …

Surface meltwater drains across ice sheets, forming melt ponds that can trigger ice-shelf
collapse,, acceleration of grounded ice flow and increased sea-level rise,,. Numerical …

Marine-geological and-geophysical data collected from the continental shelf in Pine Island
Bay, Antarctica, reveal a complex paleo-subglacial drainage system controlled by bedrock …

A common precursor to ice shelf disintegration, most notably that of Larsen B Ice Shelf, is
unusually intense or prolonged surface melt and the presence of surface standing water …

Ice shelves play an important role in stabilizing the interior grounded ice of the large ice
sheets. The thinning of major ice shelves observed in recent years, possibly in connection to …