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., van de 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 Jose, 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
• Other Authors: Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (New Zealand)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Copernicus Publications 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: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/358518; https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-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...