Diverse landscapes beneath Pine Island Glacier influence ice flow

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Bingham, Robert G., Vaughan, David G., King, Edward C., Davies, Damon, Cornford, Stephen L., Smith, Andrew M., Arthern, Robert J., Brisbourne, Alex M., De Rydt, Jan, Graham, Alastair G. C., Spagnolo, Matteo, Marsh, Oliver J., Shean, David E.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
• Subjects: Article; Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5696374/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29158501; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01597-y

The retreating Pine Island Glacier (PIG), West Antarctica, presently contributes ~5–10% of global sea-level rise. PIG’s retreat rate has increased in recent decades with associated thinning migrating upstream into tributaries feeding the main glacier trunk. To project future change requires modellin...