Pine Island glacier ice shelf melt distributed at kilometre scales
By thinning and accelerating, West Antarctic ice streams are contributing about 10% of the observed global sea level rise. Much of this ice loss is from Pine Island Glacier, which has thinned since at least 1992, driven by changes in ocean heat transport beneath its ice shelf and retreat of the grou...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-09-01
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| Series: | The Cryosphere |
| Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/7/1543/2013/tc-7-1543-2013.pdf |