Marine geologist/glacial sedimentologist at the British Antarctic Survey interested in ice shelf/sheet history. Views my own
James Smith
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A couple of take home messages. First, and perhaps uncontroversially (!?), is that ice in the Amundsen Sea retreats when warm water is circulating on the shelf and stops retreating when heat is reduced. Probably not as simple as turning CDW on/off and might relate to the depth of the thermocline 🧵⬇️
This was justifiably questioned during the review process, but I think we addressed it well. Ultimately any single location in the Amundsen Sea – below a certain water depth - is likely to be representative (in the broadest terms) of the entire shelf 🧵⬇️
