Articles | Volume 16, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-397-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-397-2022
Research article
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03 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 03 Feb 2022

Weakening of the pinning point buttressing Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

Christian T. Wild, Karen E. Alley, Atsuhiro Muto, Martin Truffer, Ted A. Scambos, and Erin C. Pettit

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Review_Wild_et_al', Clemens Schannwell, 03 Jun 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Christian Wild, 14 Sep 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on tc-2021-130', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jun 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Christian Wild, 14 Sep 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (16 Sep 2021) by Josefin Ahlkrona
AR by Christian Wild on behalf of the Authors (16 Oct 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Oct 2021) by Josefin Ahlkrona
RR by Clemens Schannwell (22 Oct 2021)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (12 Nov 2021)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (30 Nov 2021) by Josefin Ahlkrona
AR by Christian Wild on behalf of the Authors (22 Dec 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (04 Jan 2022) by Josefin Ahlkrona
Short summary
Thwaites Glacier has the potential to significantly raise Antarctica's contribution to global sea-level rise by the end of this century. Here, we use satellite measurements of surface elevation to show that its floating part is close to losing contact with an underwater ridge that currently acts to stabilize. We then use computer models of ice flow to simulate the predicted unpinning, which show that accelerated ice discharge into the ocean follows the breakup of the floating part.