Pine Island Glacier ice shelf melt distributed at kilometre scales

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Dutrieux, P., Vaughan, D.G., Corr, H.F.J., Jenkins, A., Holland, P.R., Joughin, I., Fleming, A.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Pine Island Glacier; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502635/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502635/7/tc-7-1543-2013.pdf

By thinning and accelerating, West Antarctic ice streams are contributing about 10% of the observed global sea level rise. Much of this ice loss is from Pine Island Glacier, which has thinned since at least 1992, driven by changes in ocean heat transport beneath its ice shelf and retreat of the grou...