Recent dramatic thinning of largest West Antarctic ice stream triggered by oceans

• Main Authors: Payne, Antony J, Vieli, Andreas, Shepherd, Andrew P, Wingham, Duncan J, Rignot, Eric
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2004
• Subjects: Climate Action; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Antarctic; Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3bs010wg

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...