Ice streams influence ice sheet mass balance and stability but key aspects of their behaviour
remain poorly understood. This paper reviews and discusses one very important aspect …

Ice streams are integral components of an ice sheet's mass balance and directly impact on
sea level. Their flow is governed by processes at the ice‐bed interface which create …

Glaciers and Glaciation is the classic textbook for all students of glaciation. Stimulating and
accessible, it has established a reputation as a comprehensive and essential resource. In …

What happens beneath a glacier affects the way it flows and the landforms left behind when
it retreats. Direct observations from beneath glaciers are, however, rare and the subglacial …

Recent satellite investigations revealed that in the 1990s the grounding line of Pine Island
and Thwaites Glaciers, West Antarctica, retreated several km, the ice surface on the interior …

It is now almost 30 years since John Mercer (1978) first presented the idea that climate
change could eventually cause a rapid deglaciation, or “collapse,” of a large part of the West …

The concept that the Antarctic ice sheet changes with eternal slowness has been challenged
by recent observations from satellites. Pronounced regional warming in the Antarctic …

To better understand the influence of stress changes over floating ice shelves on grounded
ice streams, we develop a Bayesian method for inferring time‐dependent 3‐D surface …

Microseismicity, induced by the sliding of a glacier over its bed, can be used to characterize
frictional properties of the ice‐bed interface, which are a key parameter controlling ice …

Ice rheology governs how glaciers flow and respond to environmental change. The rheology
of glacier ice evolves in response to a variety of mechanisms, including damage, heating …