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The health of Antarctic ice shelves

The thinning of floating ice shelves around Antarctica enhances upstream ice flow, contributing to sea-level rise. Ice-shelf thinning is now shown to influence glacial movement over much larger distances than previously thought.

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Gagliardini, O. The health of Antarctic ice shelves. Nature Clim Change 8, 15–16 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-017-0037-1

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