Weakening of the pinning point buttressing Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Wild, Christian T., Alley, Karen E., Muto, Atsuhiro, Truffer, Martin, Scambos, Ted A., Pettit, Erin C., Muto|0000-0002-1722-2457
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; Western Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/9340

The Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf buttresses a significant portion of Thwaites Glacier through contact with a pinning point 40 km offshore of the present grounding line. Predicting future rates of Thwaites Glacier’s contribution to sea-level rise depends on the evolution of this pinning point and the r...