Accelerated sea-level rise from West Antarctica

• Main Authors: Thomas, R., Rignot, E., Casassa, Gino, Kanagaratnam, P., Acuña, César, Akins, T., Brecher, Henry, Frederick, E., Gogineni, P., Krabill, W., Manizade, S., Ramamoorthy, H., Rivera, Andrés, Russell, R., Sonntag, J., Swift, R., Yungel, J., Zwally, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE 2004
• Subjects: PINE ISLAND GLACIER; GREENLAND ICE-SHEET; AMUNDSEN SEA; POLAR ICE; THICKNESS; BALANCE; RETREAT; MODEL; Amundsen Sea; Greenland; Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves; Pine Island
• Online Access: http://www.captura.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1934

Recent aircraft and satellite laser altimeter surveys of the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica show that local glaciers are discharging about 250 cubic kilometers of ice per year to the ocean, almost 60% more than is accumulated within their catchment basins. This discharge is sufficient to rai...