The role of hydraulic conductivity in the Pine Island Glacier's subglacial water distribution.

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yufang, Moore, John C, Zhao, Liyun, Werder, Mauro A, Gladstone, Rupert, Wolovick, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science 2024
• Subjects: Antarctic glacier; Basal conductivity; Glacier drainage model; Hydrology modelling; Pine Island Glacier; Subglacial hydrology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172144; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38582110

Global climate warming leads to ever-increasing glacier mass loss. Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest contributors to global sea level rise (SLR). One of the biggest uncertainties in the assessment of glacier contribution to SLR at present are subglacial hydrology processes whic...