Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet contains the vast majority of Earth's glacier ice (about 52 metres sea-level equivalent), but is often viewed as less vulnerable to global warming than the West Antarctic or Greenland ice sheets. However, some regions of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have lost mass o...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:152098 2023-05-15T13:42:40+02:00 Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change Stokes, CR Abram, NJ Bentley, MJ Edwards, TL England, MH Foppert, A Jamieson, SSR Jones, RS King, MA Lenaerts, JTM Medley, B Miles, BWJ Paxman, Guy JG Ritz, C van de Flierdt, T Whitehouse, PL 2022 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04946-0 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35948707 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/152098 en eng Nature Publishing Group http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04946-0 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/SR200100008 Stokes, CR and Abram, NJ and Bentley, MJ and Edwards, TL and England, MH and Foppert, A and Jamieson, SSR and Jones, RS and King, MA and Lenaerts, JTM and Medley, B and Miles, BWJ and Paxman, Guy JG and Ritz, C and van de Flierdt, T and Whitehouse, PL, Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change, Nature, 608, (7922) pp. 275-287. ISSN 1476-4687 (2022) [Refereed Article] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35948707 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/152098 Earth Sciences Physical geography and environmental geoscience Glaciology Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2022 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04946-0 2022-09-26T22:16:46Z The East Antarctic Ice Sheet contains the vast majority of Earth's glacier ice (about 52 metres sea-level equivalent), but is often viewed as less vulnerable to global warming than the West Antarctic or Greenland ice sheets. However, some regions of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have lost mass over recent decades, prompting the need to re-evaluate its sensitivity to climate change. Here we review the response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past warm periods, synthesize current observations of change and evaluate future projections. Some marine-based catchments that underwent notable mass loss during past warm periods are losing mass at present but most projections indicate increased accumulation across the East Antarctic Ice Sheet over the twenty-first century, keeping the ice sheet broadly in balance. Beyond 2100, high-emissions scenarios generate increased ice discharge and potentially several metres of sea-level rise within just a few centuries, but substantial mass loss could be averted if the Paris Agreement to limit warming below 2 degrees Celsius is satisfied. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic glacier Greenland Ice Sheet eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctic East Antarctic Ice Sheet Greenland Nature 608 7922 275 286 |
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The East Antarctic Ice Sheet contains the vast majority of Earth's glacier ice (about 52 metres sea-level equivalent), but is often viewed as less vulnerable to global warming than the West Antarctic or Greenland ice sheets. However, some regions of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have lost mass over recent decades, prompting the need to re-evaluate its sensitivity to climate change. Here we review the response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past warm periods, synthesize current observations of change and evaluate future projections. Some marine-based catchments that underwent notable mass loss during past warm periods are losing mass at present but most projections indicate increased accumulation across the East Antarctic Ice Sheet over the twenty-first century, keeping the ice sheet broadly in balance. Beyond 2100, high-emissions scenarios generate increased ice discharge and potentially several metres of sea-level rise within just a few centuries, but substantial mass loss could be averted if the Paris Agreement to limit warming below 2 degrees Celsius is satisfied. |
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Stokes, CR Abram, NJ Bentley, MJ Edwards, TL England, MH Foppert, A Jamieson, SSR Jones, RS King, MA Lenaerts, JTM Medley, B Miles, BWJ Paxman, Guy JG Ritz, C van de Flierdt, T Whitehouse, PL |
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Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change |
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Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change |
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