Diverse landscapes beneath Pine Island Glacier influence ice flow

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Bingham RG, Vaughan DG, King EC, Davies D, Cornford SL, Smith AM, Arthern RJ, Brisbourne AM, De Rydt J, Graham AGC, Spagnolo M, Marsh OJ, Shean DE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Fields of Research::37 - Earth sciences::3709 - Physical geography and environmental geoscience::370902 - Glaciology; West Antarctica; Pine Island Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/15412; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01597-y

© 2017 The Author(s). The retreating Pine Island Glacier (PIG), West Antarctica, presently contributes 5-10% of global sea-level rise. PIG's retreat rate has increased in recent decades with associated thinning migrating upstream into tributaries feeding the main glacier trunk. To project futur...