West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat in the Amundsen Sea driven by decadal oceanic variability

• Published in: Nature Geoscience
• Main Authors: Jenkins, Adrian, Shoosmith, Deb, Dutrieux, Pierre, Jacobs, Stan, Kim, Tae Wan, Lee, Sang Hoon, Ha, Ho Kyung, Stammerjohn, Sharon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Dotson Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518311/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518311/1/Jenkins_et_al_Nature_Geoscience_2018%20%28002%29.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-018-0207-4

Mass loss from the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has increased in recent decades, suggestive of sustained ocean forcing or an ongoing, possibly unstable, response to a past climate anomaly. Lengthening satellite records appear to be incompatible with either process, however, re...