Thwaites Glacier is in the Amundsen Sea Embayment sector of West Antarctica, which accounts for roughly one-third of the mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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Thwaites Glacier is in the Amundsen Sea Embayment sector of West Antarctica, which accounts for roughly one-third of the mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet. In recent decades, Thwaites has undergone rapid retreat and thinning, but scientists have been struggling to reconcile ice sheet models that show slower movement with satellite observations that show substantial ice flow acceleration.
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Called the weak underbelly of the West Antarctic ice sheet, the Amundsen Sea region contains several fast-moving glaciers, including Pine Island, Thwaites, Haynes, Pope, Smith, and Kohler.
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E., and Medley, B.: Marine Ice Sheet Collapse Potentially Underway for the Thwaites Glacier Basin, West Antarctica, Science, 344, 735–738, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1249055, 2014. a … J.: Assessing Uncertainty in the Dynamical Ice Response to Ocean Warming in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, Geophys.
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