Inter-decadal climate variability induces differential ice response along Pacific-facing West Antarctica

Frazer D. W. Christie; Eric J. Steig; Noel Gourmelen; Simon F. B. Tett; Robert G. Bingham

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35471-3

Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Inter-decadal climate variability induces differential ice response along Pacific-facing West Antarctica

Frazer D. W. Christie,
Eric J. Steig,
Noel Gourmelen,
Simon F. B. Tett,
Robert G. Bingham

Affiliations

Frazer D. W. Christie: Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Eric J. Steig: Department of Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington
Noel Gourmelen: School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh
Simon F. B. Tett: School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh
Robert G. Bingham: School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35471-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Systematic satellite, ocean and atmosphere records show the pace and extent of melting in West Antarctica vary by location, with glaciers flowing to the Amundsen Sea most sensitive to atmosphere‒ocean variability atop a marine ice-sheet instability.

Published in Nature Communications

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