Mass balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2017

• Main Authors: Shepherd, A, Ivins, E, Rignot, E, Smith, B, van den Broeke, M, Velicogna, I, Whitehouse, P, Briggs, K, Joughin, I, Krinner, G, Nowicki, S, Payne, T, Scambos, T, Schlegel, N, Geruo, A, Agosta, C, Ahlstrom, A, Babonis, G, Barletta, V, Blazquez, A, Bonin, J, Csatho, B, Cullather, R, Felikson, D, Fettweis, X, Forsberg, R, Gallee, H, Gardner, A, Gilbert, L, Groh, A, Gunter, B, Hanna, E, Harig, C, Helm, V, Horvath, A, Horwath, M, Khan, S, Kjeldsen, KK, Konrad, H, Langen, P, Lecavalier, B, Loomis, B, Luthcke, S, McMillan, M, Melini, D, Mernild, S, Mohajerani, Y, Moore, P, Mouginot, J, Moyano, G, Muir, A, Nagler, T, Nield, G, Nilsson, J, Noel, B, Otosaka, I, Pattle, ME, Peltier, WR, Pie, N, Rietbroek, R, Rott, H, Sandberg-Sorensen, L, Sasgen, I, Save, H, Scheuchl, B, Schrama, E, Schroeder, L, Seo, K-W, Simonsen, S, Slater, T, Spada, G, Sutterley, T, Talpe, M, Tarasov, L, van de Berg, WJ, van der Wal, W, van Wessem, M, Vishwakarma, BD, Wiese, D, Wouters, B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP 2018
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Multidisciplinary Sciences; Science & Technology - Other Topics; GLACIAL-ISOSTATIC-ADJUSTMENT; SUBGLACIAL LAKE VOSTOK; AMUNDSEN SEA EMBAYMENT; ELEVATION CHANGE; WEST ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EXCEED LOSSES; PINE ISLAND; BASIN-SCALE; MAUD-LAND; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctica; West Antarctica; Amundsen Sea; Lake Vostok; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10076800/7/Gilbert%2024845.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10076800/

The Antarctic Ice Sheet is an important indicator of climate change and driver of sea-level rise. Here we combine satellite observations of its changing volume, flow and gravitational attraction with modelling of its surface mass balance to show that it lost 2,720 ± 1,390 billion tonnes of ice betwe...