Short-and long-term variability of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets

E Hanna, D Topál, JE Box, S Buzzard… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
The variability of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets occurs on various timescales and is
important for projections of sea level rise; however, there are substantial uncertainties …

Tip** point in ice-sheet grounding-zone melting due to ocean water intrusion

AT Bradley, IJ Hewitt - Nature Geoscience, 2024 - nature.com
Marine ice sheets are highly sensitive to submarine melting in their grounding zones, where
they transition between grounded and floating ice. Recently published studies of the …

Antarctica in 2025: Drivers of deep uncertainty in projected ice loss

HA Fricker, BK Galton-Fenzi, CC Walker, BID Freer… - Science, 2025 - science.org
Antarctica is a vital component of Earth's climate system, influencing global sea level, ocean
circulation, and planetary albedo. Major knowledge gaps in critical processes—spanning …

Subglacial freshwater drainage increases simulated basal melt of the Totten Ice Shelf

DE Gwyther, CF Dow, S Jendersie… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Subglacial freshwater discharge from beneath Antarctic glaciers likely has a strong impact
on ice shelf basal melting. However, the difficulty in directly observing subglacial flow …

Subglacial discharge accelerates dynamic retreat of aurora subglacial basin outlet glaciers, East Antarctica, over the 21st century

T Pelle, JS Greenbaum, S Ehrenfeucht… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have revealed the presence of a complex freshwater system underlying the
Aurora Subglacial Basin (ASB), a region of East Antarctica that contains∼ 7 m of global sea …

A fast and simplified subglacial hydrological model for the Antarctic Ice Sheet and outlet glaciers

E Kazmierczak, T Gregov, V Coulon, F Pattyn - The Cryosphere, 2024 - tc.copernicus.org
We present a novel and computationally efficient subglacial hydrological model that
represents in a simplified way both hard-and soft-bed rheologies, as well as an automatic …

Two-way coupling between ice flow and channelized subglacial drainage enhances modeled marine-ice-sheet retreat

G Lu, J Kingslake - The Cryosphere, 2024 - tc.copernicus.org
Ice-sheet models used to predict sea-level rise often neglect subglacial hydrology. However,
theory and observations suggest that ice flow and subglacial water flow are bidirectionally …

Modelling subglacial fluvial sediment transport with a graph-based model, Graphical Subglacial Sediment Transport (GraphSSeT)

ARA Aitken, I Delaney, G Pirot, MA Werder - The Cryosphere, 2024 - tc.copernicus.org
A quantitative understanding of how sediment discharge from subglacial fluvial systems
varies in response to glaciohydrological conditions is essential for understanding marine …

[HTML][HTML] The organization of subglacial drainage during the demise of the Finnish Lake District Ice Lobe

AJ Hepburn, CF Dow, A Ojala, J Mäkinen… - The …, 2024 - tc.copernicus.org
Unknown basal characteristics limit our ability to simulate the subglacial hydrology of rapidly
melting contemporary ice sheets. Sediment-based landforms generated beneath Late …

The role of subglacial hydrology in Antarctic ice sheet dynamics and stability: a modelling perspective

CF Dow - Annals of Glaciology, 2022 - cambridge.org
Subglacial hydrology is an important component of the ice dynamic system in Antarctica but
is challenging to investigate due to the large spatial scales of the catchment systems, the ice …