Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change

CR Stokes, NJ Abram, MJ Bentley, TL Edwards… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The East Antarctic Ice Sheet contains the vast majority of Earth's glacier ice (about
52 metres sea-level equivalent), but is often viewed as less vulnerable to global warming …

Mechanisms and impacts of Earth system tipping elements

S Wang, A Foster, EA Lenz, JD Kessler… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tipping elements are components of the Earth system which may respond nonlinearly to
anthropogenic climate change by transitioning toward substantially different long‐term …

Global glacier change in the 21st century: Every increase in temperature matters

DR Rounce, R Hock, F Maussion, R Hugonnet… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Glacier mass loss affects sea level rise, water resources, and natural hazards. We present
global glacier projections, excluding the ice sheets, for shared socioeconomic pathways …

Future emergence of new ecosystems caused by glacial retreat

JB Bosson, M Huss, S Cauvy-Fraunié, JC Clément… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Glacier shrinkage and the development of post-glacial ecosystems related to anthropogenic
climate change are some of the fastest ongoing ecosystem shifts, with marked ecological …

Antarctic calving loss rivals ice-shelf thinning

CA Greene, AS Gardner, NJ Schlegel, AD Fraser - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Antarctica's ice shelves help to control the flow of glacial ice as it drains into the ocean,
meaning that the rate of global sea-level rise is subject to the structural integrity of these …

Intense atmospheric rivers can weaken ice shelf stability at the Antarctic Peninsula

JD Wille, V Favier, NC Jourdain, C Kittel… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
The disintegration of the ice shelves along the Antarctic Peninsula have spurred much
discussion on the various processes leading to their eventual dramatic collapse, but without …

Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020

IN Otosaka, A Shepherd, ER Ivins… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
Ice losses from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets have accelerated since the 1990s,
accounting for a significant increase in global mean sea level. Here, we present a new 29 …

[HTML][HTML] Climate intervention on a high-emissions pathway could delay but not prevent West Antarctic Ice Sheet demise

J Sutter, A Jones, TL Frölicher, C Wirths… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Solar radiation modification (SRM) is increasingly discussed as a tool to reduce or avert
global warming and concomitantly the risk of ice-sheet collapse, as is considered possible …

Direct observations of melting, freezing, and ocean circulation in an ice shelf basal crevasse

P Washam, JD Lawrence, CL Stevens, CL Hulbe… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Ocean conditions near the grounding zones of Antarctica's ice shelves play a key role in
controlling the outflow and mass balance of the ice sheet. However, ocean observations in …

Communicating future sea-level rise uncertainty and ambiguity to assessment users

RE Kopp, M Oppenheimer, JL O'Reilly… - Nature climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Future sea-level change is characterized by both quantifiable and unquantifiable
uncertainties. Effective communication of both types of uncertainty is a key challenge in …