Owing to global warming,frequent ice shelf disintegration and rapid acceleration of inland ice flow have occurred in recent decades,which impacts the Antarctic mass balance and the global sea level[1].These events are...Owing to global warming,frequent ice shelf disintegration and rapid acceleration of inland ice flow have occurred in recent decades,which impacts the Antarctic mass balance and the global sea level[1].These events are closely linked to atmospheric and oceanic processes.The prolonged melt season and larger extent of melt ponds on the ice shelf surface[2],as well as enhanced basal melting caused by warmer sea water[3],will induce crevasses that展开更多
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文摘Owing to global warming,frequent ice shelf disintegration and rapid acceleration of inland ice flow have occurred in recent decades,which impacts the Antarctic mass balance and the global sea level[1].These events are closely linked to atmospheric and oceanic processes.The prolonged melt season and larger extent of melt ponds on the ice shelf surface[2],as well as enhanced basal melting caused by warmer sea water[3],will induce crevasses that