Drivers of Pine Island Glacier speed-up between 1996 and 2016
Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is among the fastest changing glaciers worldwide. Over the last 2 decades, the glacier has lost in excess of a trillion tons of ice, or the equivalent of 3 mm of sea level rise. The ongoing changes are thought to have been triggered by ocean-induced thinning of...
Published in: | The Cryosphere |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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2021
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-113-2021 https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/113/2021/ |