Diverse landscapes beneath Pine Island Glacier influence ice flow

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Bingham, Robert, Vaughan, David, King, Edward, Davies, Damon, Cornford, Stephen, Smith, Andrew, Arthern, Robert, Brisbourne, Alex, de Rydt, Jan, Graham, Alastair, Spagnolo, Matteo, Marsh, Oliver, Shean, David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing 2017
• Subjects: F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/34453/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01597-y; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/34453/1/Diverse%20landscapes.pdf

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 future change requires modellin...