Pathways and modification of warm water flowing beneath Thwaites Ice Shelf, West Antarctica

• Published in: Science Advances
• Main Authors: Wåhlin, A.K., Graham, A., Hogan, K.A., Queste, B.Y., Boehme, Lars, Larter, R., Pettit, E., Wellner, J., Heywood, K.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Pine Island; Thwaites Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/pathways-and-modification-of-warm-water-flowing-beneath-thwaites-ice-shelf-west-antarctica(3faabe8e-f916-4a7f-9970-db244438ad43).html; https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd7254; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/23018/1/W_hlin_2021_SA_Pathways_CC.pdf

Thwaites Glacier is the most rapidly changing outlet of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and adds large uncertainty to 21st century sea-level rise predictions. Here, we present the first direct observations of ocean temperature, salinity, and oxygen beneath Thwaites Ice Shelf front, collected by an auto...