Strong Sensitivity of Pine Island Ice-Shelf Melting to Climatic Variability

Dutrieux, P.; De Rydt, J.; Jenkins, A.; Holland, P.; K. Ha, H.; H. Lee, S.; Steig, E.; Ding, Q.; Abrahamsen, E.; Schröder, M.

doi:10.1126/science.1244341

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Strong Sensitivity of Pine Island Ice-Shelf Melting to Climatic Variability

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Authors:

Pierre Dutrieux

Jan De Rydt

Adrian Jenkins

Abstract

Cold Glacier Growth Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica has thinned significantly during the last two decades and has provided a measurable contribution to sea-level rise as a result. Both glacier dynamics and climate are thought to be responsible for thinning, but exactly how they influence the glaci...

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