Satellite record reveals 1960s acceleration of Totten Ice Shelf in East Antarctica

Abstract Wilkes Land and Totten Glacier (TG) in East Antarctica (EA) have been losing ice mass significantly since 1989. There is a lack of knowledge of long-term mass balance in the region which hinders the estimation of its contribution to global sea level rise. Here we show that this acceleration...

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Main Authors: Rongxing Li, Yuan Cheng, Tian Chang, David E. Gwyther, Martin Forbes, Lu An, Menglian Xia, Xiaohan Yuan, Gang Qiao, Xiaohua Tong, Wenkai Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39588-x