Observations of Buried Lake Drainage on the Antarctic Ice Sheet

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Dunmire, D., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Banwell, A. F., Wever, N., Shragge, J., Lhermitte, S., Drews, R., Pattyn, F., Hansen, J. S. S., Willis, I. C., Miller, J., Keenan, E.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
• Subjects: Research Letters; Antarctic; Buttress; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7507767/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32999516; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087970

Between 1992 and 2017, the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) lost ice equivalent to 7.6 ± 3.9 mm of sea level rise. AIS mass loss is mitigated by ice shelves that provide a buttress by regulating ice flow from tributary glaciers. However, ice‐shelf stability is threatened by meltwater ponding, which may ini...