Evidence for rapid retreat and mass loss of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Author: Rignot, Eric
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2001
• Subjects: Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Amundsen Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Journal of Glaciology; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0q22m94t; https://escholarship.org/content/qt0q22m94t/qt0q22m94t.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3189/172756501781832340

Thwaites Glacier, the second largest ice stream in West Antarctica, drains an area of 166 500 ± 2000 km2 which accumulates 55 ± 5 Gt a-1 (or 60 ± 6 km3 ice a-1) into the Amundsen Sea, unrestrained by an ice shelf. Using interferometric synthetic-aperture radar (InSAR) data collected by the European...