Warm ocean is eroding West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Details Warm ocean is eroding West Antarctic Ice Sheet Warm ocean is eroding West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Dec 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004georl..3123402s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 23, CiteID L23402

Physics

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Global Change: Remote Sensing, Hydrology: Glaciology (1863), Hydrology: Snow And Ice (1827), Oceanography: General: Arctic And Antarctic Oceanography, Information Related To Geographic Region: Antarctica

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Satellite radar measurements show that ice shelves in Pine Island Bay have thinned by up to 5.5 m yr-1 over the past decade. The pattern of shelf thinning mirrors that of their grounded tributaries - the Pine Island, Thwaites and Smith glaciers - and ocean currents on average 0.5°C warmer than freezing appear to be the source. The synchronised imbalance of the inland glaciers is the result of reduced lateral and basal tractions at their termini, and the drawdown of grounded ice shows that Antarctica is more sensitive to changing climates than was previously considered.

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