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Articles | Volume 18, issue 11
Articles | Volume 18, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4971-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-4971-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 11
Research article
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06 Nov 2024
Research article |  | 06 Nov 2024

Thwaites Glacier thins and retreats fastest where ice-shelf channels intersect its grounding zone

Allison M. Chartrand, Ian M. Howat, Ian R. Joughin, and Benjamin E. Smith

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This study uses high-resolution remote-sensing data to show that shrinking of the West Antarctic Thwaites Glacier’s ice shelf (floating extension) is exacerbated by several sub-ice-shelf meltwater channels that form as the glacier transitions from full contact with the seafloor to fully floating. In mapping these channels, the position of the transition zone, and thinning rates of the Thwaites Glacier, this work elucidates important processes driving its rapid contribution to sea level rise.
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