The sensitivity of the Antarctic ice sheet to a changing climate: Past, present, and future

TL Noble, EJ Rohling, ARA Aitken… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) is out of equilibrium with the current anthropogenic‐
enhanced climate forcing. Paleoenvironmental records and ice sheet models reveal that the …

Structures and deformation in glaciers and ice sheets

SJA Jennings, MJ Hambrey - Reviews of Geophysics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aims of this review are to:(a) describe and interpret structures in valley glaciers in
relation to strain history; and (b) to explore how these structures inform our understanding of …

Strong sensitivity of Pine Island ice-shelf melting to climatic variability

P Dutrieux, J De Rydt, A Jenkins, PR Holland, HK Ha… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Pine Island Glacier has thinned and accelerated over recent decades, significantly
contributing to global sea-level rise. Increased oceanic melting of its ice shelf is thought to …

Ocean-driven thinning enhances iceberg calving and retreat of Antarctic ice shelves

Y Liu, JC Moore, X Cheng… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Iceberg calving from all Antarctic ice shelves has never been directly measured, despite
playing a crucial role in ice sheet mass balance. Rapid changes to iceberg calving naturally …

Damage accelerates ice shelf instability and mass loss in Amundsen Sea Embayment

S Lhermitte, S Sun, C Shuman… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Pine Island Glacier and Thwaites Glacier in the Amundsen Sea Embayment are among the
fastest changing outlet glaciers in West Antarctica with large consequences for global sea …

How much, how fast?: A science review and outlook for research on the instability of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier in the 21st century

TA Scambos, RE Bell, RB Alley… - Global and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Constraining how much and how fast the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) will change in the
coming decades has recently been identified as the highest priority in Antarctic research …

Understanding of contemporary regional sea‐level change and the implications for the future

BD Hamlington, AS Gardner, E Ivins… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Global sea level provides an important indicator of the state of the warming climate, but
changes in regional sea level are most relevant for coastal communities around the world …

The marine geological imprint of Antarctic ice shelves

JA Smith, AGC Graham, AL Post… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Reductions in the thickness and extent of Antarctic ice shelves are triggering increased
discharge of marine-terminating glaciers. While the impacts of recent changes are well …

Ocean tide influences on the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets

L Padman, MR Siegfried, HA Fricker - Reviews of Geophysics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean tides are the main source of high‐frequency variability in the vertical and horizontal
motion of ice sheets near their marine margins. Floating ice shelves, which occupy about …

Where glaciers meet water: Subaqueous melt and its relevance to glaciers in various settings

M Truffer, RJ Motyka - Reviews of Geophysics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Glacier change is ubiquitous, but the fastest and largest magnitude changes occur in
glaciers that terminate in water. This includes the most rapidly retreating glaciers, and also …