Heterogeneous retreat and ice melt of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica.

• Main Authors: Milillo, P, Rignot, E, Rizzoli, P, Scheuchl, B, Mouginot, J, Bueso-Bello, J, Prats-Iraola, P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2019
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2js4b50g

The glaciers flowing into the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, have undergone acceleration and grounding line retreat over the past few decades that may yield an irreversible mass loss. Using a constellation of satellites, we detect the evolution of ice velocity, ice thinning, and grounding...