Damage accelerates ice shelf instability and mass loss in Amundsen Sea Embayment

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Lhermitte, Stef, Sun, Sainan, Shuman, Christopher, Wouters, Bert, Pattyn, Frank, Wuite, Jan, Berthier, Etienne, Nagler, Thomas
• Other Authors: Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), University of Maryland Baltimore, Universiteit Utrecht / Utrecht University Utrecht, Laboratoire d'études en Géophysique et océanographie spatiales (LEGOS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology; [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; Amundsen Sea; Pine Island Glacier; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02989875; https://hal.science/hal-02989875/document; https://hal.science/hal-02989875/file/Lhermitte_et_al_PNAS_2020.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1912890117

International audience Pine Island Glacier and Thwaites Glacier in the Amundsen Sea Embayment are among the fastest changing outlet glaciers in West Antarctica with large consequences for global sea level. Yet, assessing how much and how fast both glaciers will weaken if these changes continue remai...