The far reach of ice-shelf thinning in Antarctica

• Published in: Nature Climate Change
• Main Authors: Reese, R., Gudmundsson, G., Levermann, A., Winkelmann, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Bindschadler Ice Stream; Ross Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000D-90E5-D; http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000D-90E7-B

Floating ice shelves, which fringe most of Antarctica’s coastline, regulate ice flow into the Southern Ocean1–3. Their thinning4–7or disintegration8,9can cause upstream acceleration of grounded ice and raise global sea levels. So far the effect has not been quantified in a comprehensive and spatiall...