Research conducted at the University of Leeds has helped to uncover a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica, raising questions about future ice sheet behaviour.
Research conducted at the University of Leeds has helped to uncover a trend of increasing surface meltwater in East Antarctica, raising questions about future ice sheet behaviour.
In an ambitious new study, the team, led by the University of York, produced the first Antarctic-wide, high-resolution monthly dataset of surface meltwater using satellite images.
The research raises questions about the future behaviour of the ice sheet because surface meltwater is predicted to become increasingly important for Antarctic mass loss as atmospheric temperatures rise.
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