Ice front retreat reconfigures meltwater-driven gyres modulating ocean heat delivery to an Antarctic ice shelf

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Yoon, Seung-Tae, Lee, Won Sang, Nam, SungHyun, Lee, Choon-Ki, Yun, Sukyoung, Heywood, Karen, Boehme, Lars, Zheng, Yixi, Lee, Inhee, Choi, Yeon, Jenkins, Adrian, Jin, Emilia Kyung, Larter, Robert, Wellner, Julia, Dutrieux, Pierre, Bradley, Alexander T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing 2022
• Subjects: F700 Ocean Sciences; Antarctic; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Pine Island Glacier; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48167/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27968-8; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48167/1/41467_2022_Article_27968.pdf

Pine Island Ice Shelf (PIIS) buttresses the Pine Island Glacier, the key contributor to sea-level rise. PIIS has thinned owing to ocean-driven melting, and its calving front has retreated, leading to buttressing loss. PIIS melting depends primarily on the thermocline variability in its front. Furthe...