Ocean variability beneath Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf driven by the Pine Island Bay Gyre strength

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Dotto, Tiago S., Heywood, Karen J., Hall, Rob A., Scambos, Ted A., Zheng, Yixi, Nakayama, Yoshihiro, Hyogo, Shuntaro, Snow, Tasha, Wåhlin, Anna K., Wild, Christian, Truffer, Martin, Muto, Atsuhiro, Alley, Karen E., Boehme, Lars, Bortolotto, Guilherme A., Tyler, Scott W., Pettit, Erin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
• Subjects: Article; Antarctic; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9772408/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36543787; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35499-5

West Antarctic ice-shelf thinning is primarily caused by ocean-driven basal melting. Here we assess ocean variability below Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf (TEIS) and reveal the importance of local ocean circulation and sea-ice. Measurements obtained from two sub-ice-shelf moorings, spanning January 2020...