Ice mass loss sensitivity to the Antarctic ice sheet basal thermal state

Eliza J. Dawson; Dustin M. Schroeder; Winnie Chu; Elisa Mantelli; Hélène Seroussi

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32632-2

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Ice mass loss sensitivity to the Antarctic ice sheet basal thermal state

Eliza J. Dawson,
Dustin M. Schroeder,
Winnie Chu,
Elisa Mantelli,
Hélène Seroussi

Affiliations

Eliza J. Dawson: Department of Geophysics, Stanford University
Dustin M. Schroeder: Department of Geophysics, Stanford University
Winnie Chu: School of Earth and Atmospheric Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
Elisa Mantelli: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
Hélène Seroussi: Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32632-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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This study uses ice sheet modeling experiments to show that thawing portions of the Antarctic ice sheet bed can increase century-scale mass loss, particularly in the Wilkes and Enderby Land regions of East Antarctica.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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