Recent dramatic thinning of largest West-Antarctic ice stream triggered by oceans.

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Payne, A. J., Vieli, A., Shepherd, A. P., Wingham, D. J., Rignot, E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2004
• Subjects: Hydrology; Glaciology; Mathematical Geophysics; Modeling; Information Related to Geographic Region; Antarctica; Antarctic; Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Pine Island
• Online Access: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/1231/; http://dro.dur.ac.uk/1231/1/1231.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL021284

A growing body of observational data suggests that Pine Island Glacier (PIG) is changing on decadal or shorter timescales. These changes may have far-reaching consequences for the future of the West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS) and global sea levels because of PIG's role as the ice sheet's p...