[Rockhounds] How worried should we be about melting glaciers in Antarctica?

[Paul]

Ice breaker: How worried should we be

about melting glaciers in Antarctica?

Experts believe that the conversation is no

longer around mitigation, but how we adapt

to already rising global sea levels.

Evrin Yazin, Cosmos, February 23, 2023

https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/glacier-antarctica-sea-level/

Open access papers are:

Schmidt, B.E., Washam, P., Davis, P.E., Nicholls,

K.W., Holland, D.M., Lawrence, J.D., Riverman,

K.L., Smith, J.A., Spears, A., Dichek, D.J.G. and

Mullen, A.D., 2023. Heterogeneous melting near

the Thwaites Glacier grounding line. Nature,

614(7948), pp.471-478.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05691-0

Davis, P.E., Nicholls, K.W., Holland, D.M.,

Schmidt, B.E., Washam, P., Riverman, K.L., Arthern,

R.J., Vaňková, I., Eayrs, C., Smith, J.A. and Anker,

P.G., 2023. Suppressed basal melting in the eastern

Thwaites Glacier grounding zone. Nature, 614(7948),

pp.479-485.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05586-0

Yours,

Paul H.