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Is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsing?

Marine ice sheet instability The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is the world’s most vulnerable ice sheet. This is because it is grounded below sea level, and marine ice sheets such as these are susceptible to rapid melting at their base. Fast-flowing ice streams draining the WAIS (Pine Island Glacier and Thwaites Glacier in particular) …

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Marine ice sheet instability

Introduction | Past evidence of ice sheet collapse | Hypothesis of marine ice sheet instability | References | Comments | Introduction In 1978, Mercer was one of the first to identify that rising temperatures could have catastrophic consequences in West Antarctica, triggering a collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet[1]. This is because much of …

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