Rapid glacier retreat rates observed in West Antarctica

• Published in: Nature Geoscience
• Main Authors: Milillo, Pietro, Rignot, Eric, Rizzoli, Paola, Scheuchl, Bernd, Mouginot, Jeremie, Bueso Bello, Jose Luis, Prats, Pau, Dini, Luigi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2022
• Subjects: Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik und Radarsysteme; Satelliten-SAR-Systeme; Amundsen Sea; Pope Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/148577/

The Pope, Smith and Kohler glaciers, in the Amundsen Sea Embayment of West Antarctica, have experienced enhanced ocean-induced ice-shelf melt, glacier acceleration, ice thinning and grounding-line retreat in the past 30 years. Here we present observations of the grounding-line retreat of these glaci...