[Rockhounds] Abrupt Holocene ice loss due to thinning and ungrounding in the Weddell Sea Embayment.

[Paul]

Scientists discover an alarming change in Antarctica’s

past that could spell devastating future sea level rise

By Laura Paddison, CNN, February 8, 2024

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/08/climate/west-antarctic-ice-sheet-melt-collapse-climate-intl/index.html

Rapid melting in West Antarctica is ‘unavoidable,’ with

potentially disastrous consequences for sea level rise, study finds

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN, October 23, 2023

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/23/world/west-antarctic-ice-melt-climate/index.html

The open access paper is:

Grieman, M., Nehrbass-Ahles, C., Hoffmann, H.,

Bauska, T., King, A., Mulvaney, R., Rhodes, R.,

Rowell, I., Thomas, E. and Wolff, E., 2024.

Abrupt Holocene ice loss due to thinning and

ungrounding in the Weddell Sea Embayment.

Nature Geoscience, Published online, February 8, 2024

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01375-8

Yours,

Paul H.