Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet after local destabilization of the Amundsen Basin

The future evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet represents the largest uncertainty in sea-level projections of this and upcoming centuries. Recently, satellite observations and high-resolution simulations have suggested the initiation of an ice-sheet instability in the Amundsen Sea sector of West An...

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Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Main Authors: Feldmann, Johannes, Levermann, Anders (Prof. Dr.)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/38443
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1512482112