Net retreat of Antarctic glacier grounding lines

• Main Authors: Konrad, H, Shepherd, A, Gilbert, L, Hogg, AE, McMillan, M, Muir, A, Slater, T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctica; West Antarctica; Amundsen Sea; Pine Island Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10076803/7/Gilbert%20redactkonrad_et_al_nature_geoscience_accepted.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10076803/

Grounding lines are a key indicator of ice-sheet instability, because changes in their position reflect imbalance with the surrounding ocean and affect the flow of inland ice. Although the grounding lines of several Antarctic glaciers have retreated rapidly due to ocean-driven melting, records are t...