Rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier in the pre-satellite era

• Published in: Nature Geoscience
• Main Authors: Graham, Alastair G.C., Wåhlin, Anna, Hogan, Kelly A., Nitsche, Frank O., Heywood, Karen J., Totten, Rebecca L., Smith, James A., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Simkins, Lauren M., Anderson, John B., Wellner, Julia S., Larter, Robert D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Research 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Thwaites Glacier; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530731/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530731/1/s41561-022-01019-9.pdf; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01019-9

Understanding the recent history of Thwaites Glacier, and the processes controlling its ongoing retreat, is key to projecting Antarctic contributions to future sea-level rise. Of particular concern is how the glacier grounding zone might evolve over coming decades where it is stabilized by sea-floor...