Potential sea-level rise from Antarctic ice-sheet instability constrained by observations

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Ritz, Catherine, Edwards, Tamsin L., Durand, Gaël, Payne, Anthony J., Peyaud, Vincent, Hindmarsh, Richard C.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; Misi; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19120/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19120/1/Ritz_et_al_2015.pdf

Large parts of the Antarctic ice sheet lying on bedrock below sea level may be vulnerable to marine-ice-sheet instability (MISI)1, a self-sustaining retreat of the grounding line triggered by oceanic or atmospheric changes. There is growing evidence2, 3, 4 that MISI may be underway throughout the Am...