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A team of scientists from different countries assessed the factors that contribute to the loss of ice in Antarctica over the past 6000 years. Researchers estimated the proportion of oxygen isotopes in the remaining marine sediments in the eastern part of the Antarctic Peninsula. The lower the oxygen isotope value, the greater the volume of fresh water.
As a result of the study, it turned out that the tendency to melt Antarctic glaciers outlined after 1400, and after 1706 years, this process has accelerated.
After 1912, a more noticeable acceleration of melting was noted glaciers. Accelerated ice shelves on the peninsula under study lose in volume over the past three centuries.
Scientists believe that atmospheric warming and intensification of Western winds are the main causes of melting Antarctic glaciers. In the long run, if ozone thinning is added to these factors layer, the processes of melting ice in Antarctica will only accelerate.
Earlier, ESOREITER wrote about another regular discovery in Antarctica. giant crack.
Andrey Vetrov
Antarctica
