Recent dramatic thinning of largest West Antarctic ice stream triggered by oceans
A growing body of observational data suggests that Pine Island Glacier (PIG) is changing on decadal or shorter timescales. These changes may have far-reaching consequences for the future of the West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS) and global sea levels because of PIG's role as the ice sheet's p...
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Main Authors: |
Payne, Antony J,
Vieli, Andreas,
Shepherd, Andrew P,
Wingham, Duncan J,
Rignot, Eric |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Language: | unknown |
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eScholarship, University of California
2004
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Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3bs010wg
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