Changes in ice dynamics and mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet

• Main Author: Rignot, Eric
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2006
• Subjects: Climate Action; Antarctica; interferometry; Southern Ocean; polar climate; General Science & Technology; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Cook Ice Shelf; East Antarctica; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Pine Island Glacier; The Antarctic; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/59n371j2

The concept that the Antarctic ice sheet changes with eternal slowness has been challenged by recent observations from satellites. Pronounced regional warming in the Antarctic Peninsula triggered ice shelf collapse, which led to a 10-fold increase in glacier flow and rapid ice sheet retreat. This ch...