Strong sensitivity of Pine Island ice-shelf melting to climactic variability

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Dutrieux, Pierre, De Rydt, Jan, Jenkins, Adrian, Holland, Paul R., Ha, Ho Kyung, Lee, Sang Hoon, Steig, Eric J., Ding, Quinghua, Abrahamsen, E. Povl, Schroeder, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Glaciology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pine Island Glacier; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502263/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502263/1/1244341RevisedManuscript2.pdf

Pine Island Glacier has thinned and accelerated over recent decades, significantly contributing to global sea-level rise. Increased oceanic melting of its ice shelf is thought to have triggered those changes. Observations and numerical modeling reveal large fluctuations in the ocean heat available i...