Future Antarctic bed topography and its implications for ice sheet dynamics

• Main Authors: Adhikari, S, Ivins, ER, Larour, E, Seroussi, H, Morlighem, M, Nowicki, S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2014
• Subjects: Climate Action; Geology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/07n0v6ck

The Antarctic bedrock is evolving as the solid Earth responds to the past and ongoing evolution of the ice sheet. A recently improved ice loading history suggests that the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) has generally been losing its mass since the Last Glacial Maximum. In a sustained warming climate, the...