Ice mass loss sensitivity to the Antarctic ice sheet basal thermal state

This study uses ice sheet modeling experiments to show that thawing portions of the Antarctic ice sheet bed can increase century-scale mass loss, particularly in the Wilkes and Enderby Land regions of East Antarctica.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Nature Communications
Main Authors:	Eliza J. Dawson, Dustin M. Schroeder, Winnie Chu, Elisa Mantelli, Hélène Seroussi
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2022
Subjects:	Science Q Antarctic East Antarctica The Antarctic Antarc* Antarctica Enderby Land Ice Sheet
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32632-2 https://doaj.org/article/4a8fbb2df42448cc81c0a5fa8d21547f

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Summary:	This study uses ice sheet modeling experiments to show that thawing portions of the Antarctic ice sheet bed can increase century-scale mass loss, particularly in the Wilkes and Enderby Land regions of East Antarctica.