Holocene melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet driven by tropical Pacific warming

Ice loss from the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica is rapidly accelerating. Here, the authors reveal that this region also underwent thinning and retreat from 9 to 6 thousand years ago, due to atmospheric connections with a warming tropical Pacific.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Adam D. Sproson, Yusuke Yokoyama, Yosuke Miyairi, Takahiro Aze, Rebecca L. Totten
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
Subjects:
Science
Q
Amundsen Sea
Antarctic
Pacific
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
West Antarctica
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30076-2
https://doaj.org/article/e09fb7067126448496baee895c4bda00
Description
Summary:Ice loss from the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica is rapidly accelerating. Here, the authors reveal that this region also underwent thinning and retreat from 9 to 6 thousand years ago, due to atmospheric connections with a warming tropical Pacific.

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