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Retreat of Pine Island Glacier controlled by marine ice-sheet instability

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  • L. Favier

    (CNRS, LGGE
    Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LGGE)

  • G. Durand

    (CNRS, LGGE
    Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LGGE)

  • S. L. Cornford

    (School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol)

  • G. H. Gudmundsson

    (British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Madingley Road
    CAREERI, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • O. Gagliardini

    (CNRS, LGGE
    Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LGGE
    Institut Universitaire de France)

  • F. Gillet-Chaulet

    (CNRS, LGGE
    Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LGGE)

  • T. Zwinger

    (CSC-IT Center for Science Ltd)

  • A. J. Payne

    (School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol)

  • A. M. Le Brocq

    (Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter)

Abstract

At present the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is thinning and its grounding line has retreated. This work uses three ice-flow models to investigate the stability of the glacier and finds that the grounding line could retreat a further 40 km, which is equivalent to a rise in sea level of 3.5–10 mm over a 20 year period.

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  • L. Favier & G. Durand & S. L. Cornford & G. H. Gudmundsson & O. Gagliardini & F. Gillet-Chaulet & T. Zwinger & A. J. Payne & A. M. Le Brocq, 2014. "Retreat of Pine Island Glacier controlled by marine ice-sheet instability," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 4(2), pages 117-121, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:4:y:2014:i:2:d:10.1038_nclimate2094
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2094
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    1. Carl-Friedrich Schleussner & Joeri Rogelj & Michiel Schaeffer & Tabea Lissner & Rachel Licker & Erich M. Fischer & Reto Knutti & Anders Levermann & Katja Frieler & William Hare, 2016. "Science and policy characteristics of the Paris Agreement temperature goal," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(9), pages 827-835, September.
    2. Taewook Park & Yoshihiro Nakayama & SungHyun Nam, 2024. "Amundsen Sea circulation controls bottom upwelling and Antarctic Pine Island and Thwaites ice shelf melting," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Benjamin J. Davison & Anna E. Hogg & Richard Rigby & Sanne Veldhuijsen & Jan Melchior Wessem & Michiel R. Broeke & Paul R. Holland & Heather L. Selley & Pierre Dutrieux, 2023. "Sea level rise from West Antarctic mass loss significantly modified by large snowfall anomalies," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-13, December.
    4. Winkelmann, Ricarda & Donges, Jonathan F. & Smith, E. Keith & Milkoreit, Manjana & Eder, Christina & Heitzig, Jobst & Katsanidou, Alexia & Wiedermann, Marc & Wunderling, Nico & Lenton, Timothy M., 2022. "Social tipping processes towards climate action: A conceptual framework," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 192(C).

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