Linear sea-level response to abrupt ocean warming of major West Antarctic ice basin

• Published in: Nature Climate Change
• Main Authors: Mengel, Matthias, Feldmann, Johannes, Levermann, Anders (Prof. Dr.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Institut für Physik und Astronomie; Antarctic; Ronne Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/45893; https://doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE2808

Antarctica’s contribution to global sea-level rise has recently been increasing1. Whether its ice discharge will become unstable and decouple from anthropogenic forcing2,3,4 or increase linearly with the warming of the surrounding ocean is of fundamental importance5. Under unabated greenhouse-gas em...