Dynamic thinning of glaciers on the Southern Antarctic Peninsula

Increasingly rapid ice sheet melting Glaciers on the Southern Antarctic Peninsula have begun losing mass at a rapid and accelerating rate. Wouters et al. documented the dramatic thinning of the land-based ice, which began in 2009, using satellite altimetry and gravity observations. The melting and w...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Wouters, B., Martin-Español, A., Helm, V., Flament, T., van Wessem, J. M., Ligtenberg, S. R. M., van den Broeke, M. R., Bamber, J. L.
Other Authors: 7th European Community Framework Programme, Natural Environment Research Council, European Space Agency, German Ministry of Economics and Technology
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2015
Subjects:
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Ice Shelves
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa5727
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.aaa5727
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Summary:Increasingly rapid ice sheet melting Glaciers on the Southern Antarctic Peninsula have begun losing mass at a rapid and accelerating rate. Wouters et al. documented the dramatic thinning of the land-based ice, which began in 2009, using satellite altimetry and gravity observations. The melting and weakening of ice shelves reduce their buttressing effect, allowing the glaciers to flow more quickly to the sea. Science , this issue p. 899

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