Drivers of Pine Island Glacier speed-up between 1996 and 2016

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: J. De Rydt, R. Reese, F. S. Paolo, G. H. Gudmundsson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: envir; geo; Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Pine Island; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-113-2021; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/113/2021/tc-15-113-2021.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/d7e3ae79d1d44c12bc359004534608f0

Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is among the fastest changing glaciers worldwide. Over the last 2 decades, the glacier has lost in excess of a trillion tons of ice, or the equivalent of 3 mm of sea level rise. The ongoing changes are thought to have been triggered by ocean-induced thinning of...