Dunmire, D. (author), Lenaerts, J.T.M. (author), Banwell, Alison (author), Wever, N. (author), Shragge, J. (author), Lhermitte, S.L.M. (author), Drews, R. (author), Pattyn, F. (author), Hansen, J.S.S. (author), Willis, I.C. (author), Miller, J. (author), Keenan, E. (author) Between 1992 and 2017, the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) lost ice equivalent to 7.6 ± 3.9 mm of sea level rise. AIS mass loss is mitigated by ice shelves that provide a buttress by regulating ice flow from tributary glaciers. However, ice-shelf stability is threatened by meltwater ponding, which may initiate, or reactivate preexisting, fractures,...
journal article 2020
