Damage accelerates ice shelf instability and mass loss in Amundsen Sea Embayment

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Lhermitte, Stef, Sun, Sainan, Shuman, Christopher, Wouters, Bert, Pattyn, Frank, Wuite, Jan, Berthier, Etienne, Nagler, Thomas
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: National Academy of Sciences 2020
• Subjects: Physical Sciences; Amundsen Sea; Pine Island Glacier; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Pine Island
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7547219/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32929004; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1912890117

Pine Island Glacier and Thwaites Glacier in the Amundsen Sea Embayment are among the fastest changing outlet glaciers in West Antarctica with large consequences for global sea level. Yet, assessing how much and how fast both glaciers will weaken if these changes continue remains a major uncertainty...