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Articles | Volume 16, issue 4
Articles | Volume 16, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-1303-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-16-1303-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 16, issue 4
Research article
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11 Aug 2025
Research article |  | 11 Aug 2025

Quantifying the feedback between Antarctic meltwater release and subsurface Southern Ocean warming

Erwin Lambert, Dewi Le Bars, Eveline van der Linden, André Jüling, and Sybren Drijfhout

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Ocean warming around Antarctica leads to ice melting and sea-level rise. The meltwater that flows into the surrounding ocean can lead to enhanced warming of the seawater, thereby again increasing melting and sea-level rise. This process, however, is not currently included in climate models. Through a simple mathematical approach, we find that this process can lead to more melting and greater sea-level rise, possibly increasing the Antarctic contribution to 21st century sea-level rise by 80 %.
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