Weakening of the pinning point buttressing Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Wild, Christian T., Alley, Karen E., Muto, Atsuhiro, Truffer, Martin, Scambos, Ted A., Pettit, Erin C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; Western Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-397-2022; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00060123; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00059772/tc-16-397-2022.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/397/2022/tc-16-397-2022.pdf

The Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf buttresses a significant portion of Thwaites Glacier through contact with a pinning point 40 km offshore of the present grounding line. Predicting future rates of Thwaites Glacier’s contribution to sea-level rise depends on the evolution of this pinning point and the r...