Publication Date:
2014-01-30
Description:
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. Nature Climate Change 4 117 doi: 10.1038/nclimate2094
Print ISSN:
1758-678X
Electronic ISSN:
1758-6798
Topics:
Geosciences
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