The floating ice shelves along the seaboard of the Antarctic ice sheet restrain the outflow of upstream grounded ice1, 2. Removal of these ice shelves, as shown by past ice-shelf recession and break-up, accelerates the outflow3, 4, which adds to sea-level rise. A key question in predicting future outflow is to quantify the extent of calving that might precondition other dynamic consequences and lead to loss of ice-shelf restraint.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/safety-band-antarctic-ice-shelves
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/johannes-jakob-f%C3%BCrst
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ga%C3%ABl-durand
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/fabien-gillet-chaulet-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature-climate-change
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/antarctica
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-science