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

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
• Main Author: Rignot, E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Cook Ice Shelf; East Antarctica; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Pine Island Glacier; The Antarctic; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Pine Island
• Online Access: http://www.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...