Wilkes subglacial basin ice sheet response to Southern Ocean warming during late Pleistocene interglacials

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Ilaria Crotti, Aurélien Quiquet, Amaelle Landais, Barbara Stenni, David J. Wilson, Mirko Severi, Robert Mulvaney, Frank Wilhelms, Carlo Barbante, Massimo Frezzotti
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
• Subjects: Science; Q; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32847-3; https://doaj.org/article/d4f0afb6e6e042e2a36c595c1de7fd59

Crotti et al. reconstructed the dynamics of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin (Antarctica) during the past 350,000 years. Their study reveals that a portion of the East Antarctic ice sheet experienced an extensive retreat 330,000 years ago.