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Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2653-2024
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03 Jun 2024
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Coupled ice–ocean interactions during future retreat of West Antarctic ice streams in the Amundsen Sea sector

David T. Bett, Alexander T. Bradley, C. Rosie Williams, Paul R. Holland, Robert J. Arthern, and Daniel N. Goldberg

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This manuscript addresses the stability of one of the most vulnerable regions of West Antarctica. Focusing on the so-called "doomsday" glacier, Thwaites glacier, the authors use a novel model that combines ice sheet and ocean to investigate how the ice melts at the pinning point - the points where the glacier is "pinned" to the bedrock.
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A new ice–ocean model simulates future ice sheet evolution in the Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica. Substantial ice retreat is simulated in all scenarios, with some retreat still occurring even with no future ocean melting. The future of small "pinning points" (islands of ice that contact the seabed) is an important control on this retreat. Ocean melting is crucial in causing these features to go afloat, providing the link by which climate change may affect this sector's sea level contribution.
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