Mechanisms and impacts of Earth system tipping elements
Tipping elements are components of the Earth system which may respond nonlinearly to
anthropogenic climate change by transitioning toward substantially different long‐term …
anthropogenic climate change by transitioning toward substantially different long‐term …
Ice-sheet mass balance and climate change
Abstract Since the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment
Report, new observations of ice-sheet mass balance and improved computer simulations of …
Report, new observations of ice-sheet mass balance and improved computer simulations of …
Potential sea-level rise from Antarctic ice-sheet instability constrained by observations
Large parts of the Antarctic ice sheet lying on bedrock below sea level may be vulnerable to
marine-ice-sheet instability (MISI), a self-sustaining retreat of the grounding line triggered by …
marine-ice-sheet instability (MISI), a self-sustaining retreat of the grounding line triggered by …
The far reach of ice-shelf thinning in Antarctica
Floating ice shelves, which fringe most of Antarctica's coastline, regulate ice flow into the
Southern Ocean,–. Their thinning,,–or disintegration, can cause upstream acceleration of …
Southern Ocean,–. Their thinning,,–or disintegration, can cause upstream acceleration of …
Retreat of Pine Island Glacier controlled by marine ice-sheet instability
L Favier, G Durand, SL Cornford… - Nature Climate …, 2014 - nature.com
Over the past 40 years Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica has thinned at an accelerating
rate,,, so that at present it is the largest single contributor to sea-level rise in Antarctica. In …
rate,,, so that at present it is the largest single contributor to sea-level rise in Antarctica. In …
The hysteresis of the Antarctic ice sheet
More than half of Earth's freshwater resources are held by the Antarctic Ice Sheet, which thus
represents by far the largest potential source for global sea-level rise under future warming …
represents by far the largest potential source for global sea-level rise under future warming …
Strong sensitivity of Pine Island ice-shelf melting to climatic variability
Pine Island Glacier has thinned and accelerated over recent decades, significantly
contributing to global sea-level rise. Increased oceanic melting of its ice shelf is thought to …
contributing to global sea-level rise. Increased oceanic melting of its ice shelf is thought to …
Two-timescale response of a large Antarctic ice shelf to climate change
A potentially irreversible threshold in Antarctic ice shelf melting would be crossed if the
ocean cavity beneath the large Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf were to become flooded with warm …
ocean cavity beneath the large Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf were to become flooded with warm …
Simulated twentieth‐century ocean warming in the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica
Rapid ice loss is occurring in the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. This
ice loss is assumed to be a long‐term response to oceanographic forcing, but ocean …
ice loss is assumed to be a long‐term response to oceanographic forcing, but ocean …
Ice dynamics will remain a primary driver of Greenland ice sheet mass loss over the next century
The mass loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet is nearly equally partitioned between a decrease
in surface mass balance from enhanced surface melt and an increase in ice dynamics from …
in surface mass balance from enhanced surface melt and an increase in ice dynamics from …