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