Observations beneath Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica and implications for its retreat

• Published in: Nature Geoscience
• Main Authors: Jenkins, Adrian, Dutrieux, Pierre, Jacobs, Stanley S., McPhail, Stephen D., Perrett, James R., Webb, Andrew T., White, David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing 2010
• Subjects: F600 Geology; F700 Ocean Sciences; F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Crest The; Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42219/; https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo890; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42219/1/Jenkins_preprint.pdf

Thinning ice in West Antarctica, resulting from acceleration in the flow of outlet glaciers, is at present contributing about 10% of the observed rise in global sea level. Pine Island Glacier in particular has shown nearly continuous acceleration and thinning, throughout the short observational reco...