Decadal-scale onset and termination of Antarctic ice-mass loss during the last deglaciation

It may have taken only a decade to repeatedly destabilize the Antarctic Ice Sheet after the last Ice Age as shown by a new data-model study. The ice sheet lost ice for centuries each time before it abruptly re-stabilized again.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Michael E. Weber, Nicholas R. Golledge, Chris J. Fogwill, Chris S. M. Turney, Zoƫ A. Thomas
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27053-6
https://doaj.org/article/a5a3dbab383f48168fc74ab748d6bc42
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Summary:It may have taken only a decade to repeatedly destabilize the Antarctic Ice Sheet after the last Ice Age as shown by a new data-model study. The ice sheet lost ice for centuries each time before it abruptly re-stabilized again.