Cenozoic sea-level and cryospheric evolution from deep-sea geochemical and continental margin records

KG Miller, JV Browning, WJ Schmelz, RE Kopp… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Using Pacific benthic foraminiferal δ18O and Mg/Ca records, we derive a Cenozoic (66 Ma)
global mean sea level (GMSL) estimate that records evolution from an ice-free Early Eocene …

Tropical teleconnection impacts on Antarctic climate changes

X Li, W Cai, GA Meehl, D Chen, X Yuan… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Over the modern satellite era, substantial climatic changes have been observed in the
Antarctic, including atmospheric and oceanic warming, ice sheet thinning and a general …

Accelerated global glacier mass loss in the early twenty-first century

R Hugonnet, R McNabb, E Berthier, B Menounos… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Glaciers distinct from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are shrinking rapidly, altering
regional hydrology, raising global sea level and elevating natural hazards. Yet, owing to the …

The Paris Climate Agreement and future sea-level rise from Antarctica

RM DeConto, D Pollard, RB Alley, I Velicogna… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Paris Agreement aims to limit global mean warming in the twenty-first century to
less than 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, and to promote further efforts to limit …

A new conceptual framework for the transformation of groundwater dissolved organic matter

LK McDonough, MS Andersen, MI Behnke… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Groundwater comprises 95% of the liquid fresh water on Earth and contains a diverse mix of
dissolved organic matter (DOM) molecules which play a significant role in the global carbon …

Antarctic calving loss rivals ice-shelf thinning

CA Greene, AS Gardner, NJ Schlegel, AD Fraser - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Antarctica's ice shelves help to control the flow of glacial ice as it drains into the ocean,
meaning that the rate of global sea-level rise is subject to the structural integrity of these …

Deep glacial troughs and stabilizing ridges unveiled beneath the margins of the Antarctic ice sheet

M Morlighem, E Rignot, T Binder, D Blankenship… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The Antarctic ice sheet has been losing mass over past decades through the accelerated
flow of its glaciers, conditioned by ocean temperature and bed topography. Glaciers …

The Miocene: The future of the past

M Steinthorsdottir, HK Coxall… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative
to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern …

Four decades of Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance from 1979–2017

E Rignot, J Mouginot, B Scheuchl… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - pnas.org
We use updated drainage inventory, ice thickness, and ice velocity data to calculate the
grounding line ice discharge of 176 basins draining the Antarctic Ice Sheet from 1979 to …

Mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2018

Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Greenland Ice Sheet has been a major contributor to global sea-level rise in
recent decades,, and it is expected to continue to be so. Although increases in glacier flow …