Recent Antarctic ice mass loss from radar interferometry and regional climate modelling

• Published in: Nature Geoscience
• Main Authors: Rignot, Eric, Bamber, Jonathan L., van den Broeke, Michiel R., Davis, Curt, Li, Yonghong, van de Berg, Willem Jan, van Meijgaard, Erik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2008
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctica; West Antarctica; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/48429/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/48429/1/Rignot%20et%20al.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo102

Large uncertainties remain in the current and future contribution to sea level rise from Antarctica. Climate warming may increase snowfall in the continent’s interior1,2,3, but enhance glacier discharge at the coast where warmer air and ocean temperatures erode the buttressing ice shelves4,5,6,7,8,9...