Suppressed basal melting in the eastern Thwaites Glacier grounding zone

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Davis, Peter E.D., Nicholls, Keith W., Holland, David M., Schmidt, Britney E., Washam, Peter, Riverman, Kiya L., Arthern, Robert J., Vankova, Irena, Eayrs, Clare, Smith, James A., Anker, Paul G.D., Mullen, Andrew D., Dichek, Daniel, Lawrence, Justin D., Meister, Matthew M., Clyne, Elisabeth, Baskinski-Ferris, Aurora, Rignot, Eric, Queste, Bastien Y., Boehme, Lars, Heywood, Karen J, Anandakrishnan, Sridhar, Makinson, Keith
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Thwaites Glacier; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publications/20def2f5-c3f0-4fed-9076-a84bd4e20401; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05586-0; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/27000/1/Davis_2023_Nature_Suppressed_basal_melting_CC.pdf

Thwaites Glacier is one of the fastest-changing ice–ocean systems in Antarctica1,2,3. Much of the ice sheet within the catchment of Thwaites Glacier is grounded below sea level on bedrock that deepens inland4, making it susceptible to rapid and irreversible ice loss that could raise the global sea l...