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Vulnerable ice in the Weddell Sea

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Of the West Antarctic ice shelves, those in the Amundsen Sea sector have given the most cause for concern. Ocean modelling of the Weddell Sea region, together with a detailed survey of the ice bed morphology, indicates that this region, too, may change soon.

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Figure 1: Warm waters off West Antarctica.

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  1. Angelika Humbert is at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Am Alten Hafen 26, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany,

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Humbert, A. Vulnerable ice in the Weddell Sea. Nature Geosci 5, 370–371 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1484

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