Weakening of the pinning point buttressing Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

• Main Authors: Wild, Christian T., Alley, Karen E., Muto, Atsuhiro, Truffer, Martin, Scambos, Ted A., Pettit, Erin C.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; Western Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-130; https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2021-130/

The Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf continues to buttresses a significant portion of Thwaites Glacier through contact with a pinning point 40 km offshore of the present grounding line. Predicting future rates of Thwaites Glacier’s contribution to sea-level rise depends on the evolution of this pinning po...