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Ice plug prevents irreversible discharge from East Antarctica

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  • M. Mengel

    (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
    Institute of Physics, Potsdam University)

  • A. Levermann

    (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
    Institute of Physics, Potsdam University)

Abstract

The Wilkes ice sheet in East Antarctica, which lies on bedrock below sea level, is sensitive to climate change but its stability and potential contribution to sea-level rise has not been comprehensively assessed. This study uses topographic data and ice-dynamic simulations to show that removal of a specific coastal ice volume destabilizes the ice sheet, leading to discharge of the entire Wilkes Basin and global sea-level rise of 3–4 m.

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  • M. Mengel & A. Levermann, 2014. "Ice plug prevents irreversible discharge from East Antarctica," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 4(6), pages 451-455, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:4:y:2014:i:6:d:10.1038_nclimate2226
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2226
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    1. James R. Jordan & B. W. J. Miles & G. H. Gudmundsson & S. S. R. Jamieson & A. Jenkins & C. R. Stokes, 2023. "Increased warm water intrusions could cause mass loss in East Antarctica during the next 200 years," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Eliza J. Dawson & Dustin M. Schroeder & Winnie Chu & Elisa Mantelli & Hélène Seroussi, 2022. "Ice mass loss sensitivity to the Antarctic ice sheet basal thermal state," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Nicholas R. Golledge, 2020. "Long‐term projections of sea‐level rise from ice sheets," Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 11(2), March.
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    7. Ilaria Crotti & Aurélien Quiquet & Amaelle Landais & Barbara Stenni & David J. Wilson & Mirko Severi & Robert Mulvaney & Frank Wilhelms & Carlo Barbante & Massimo Frezzotti, 2022. "Wilkes subglacial basin ice sheet response to Southern Ocean warming during late Pleistocene interglacials," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    8. Michael E. Weber & Nicholas R. Golledge & Chris J. Fogwill & Chris S. M. Turney & Zoë A. Thomas, 2021. "Decadal-scale onset and termination of Antarctic ice-mass loss during the last deglaciation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-13, December.
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