Sensitivity of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to +2 °C (SWAIS 2C)

• Published in: Scientific Drilling
• Main Authors: Patterson, Molly O., Levy, Richard H., Kulhanek, Denise K., Flierdt, Tina, Horgan, Huw, Dunbar, Gavin B., Naish, Timothy R., Ash, Jeanine, Pyne, Alex, Mandeno, Darcy, Winberry, Paul, Harwood, David M., Florindo, Fabio, Jimenez-Espejo, Francisco J., Läufer, Andreas, Yoo, Kyu-Cheul, Seki, Osamu, Stocchi, Paolo, Klages, Johann P., Lee, Jae Il, Colleoni, Florence, Suganuma, Yusuke, Gasson, Edward, Ohneiser, Christian, Flores, José-Abel, Try, David, Kirkman, Rachel, Koch, Daleen, the SWAIS 2C Science Team
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Crary Ice Rise; Kamb Ice Stream; Siple; Siple Coast; The Antarctic; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-30-101-2022; https://sd.copernicus.org/articles/30/101/2022/

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) presently holds enough ice to raise global sea level by 4.3 m if completely melted. The unknown response of the WAIS to future warming remains a significant challenge for numerical models in quantifying predictions of future sea level rise. Sea level rise is one o...