Ocean variability beneath Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf driven by the Pine Island Bay Gyre strength

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: S. Dotto, Tiago, Heywood, Karen, Hall, Rob, Scambos, Ted, Zheng, Yixi, Nakayama, Yoshihiro, Hyogo, Shuntaro, Snow, Tasha, Wåhlin, Anna K., Wild, Christian, Truffer, Martin, Muto, Atsuhiro, Alley, Karen, Boehme, Lars, Bortolotto, Guilherme A., Tyler, Scott W., Pettit, Erin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/90358/; https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/90358/1/s41467_022_35499_5.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35499-5

West Antarctic ice-shelf thinning is primarily caused by ocean-driven basal melting. Here we assess ocean variability below Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf (TEIS) and reveal the importance of local ocean circulation and sea-ice. Measurements obtained from two sub-ice-shelf moorings, spanning January 2020...