Authors: Patterson, Molly O., Levy, Richard H., Kulhanek, Denise K., van de Flierdt, Tina, Horgan, Huw, Dunbar, Gavin B., Naish, Timothy R., Ash, Jeanine, Pyne, Alex, Mandeno, Darcy, Winberry, Paul, Harwood, David M., Florindo, Fabio, Jimenez-Espejo, Francisco J., Läufer, Andreas, Yoo, Kyu-Cheul, Seki, Osamu, Stocchi, Paolo, Klages, Johann P., Lee, Jae Il, Colleoni, Florence, Suganuma, Yusuke, Gasson, Edward, Ohneiser, Christian, Flores, José-Abel, Try, David, Kirkman, Rachel, Koch, Daleen, Science Team, SWAIS 2C inc., Sime, Louise, Smith, James
Venue: Scientific Drilling
Type: Publication
Abstract: The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) presently holds enough ice to raise global sea level by 4.3 m if completely melted. The unknown response of the WAIS to future warming remains a significant challenge for numerical models in quantifying predictions of future sea level rise. Sea level rise is one of the clearest planet-wide signals of human-induced climate change. The Sensitivity of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to a Warming of 2 ∘C (SWAIS 2C) Project aims to understand past and current drivers and thresholds of WAIS dynamics to improve proje...
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Topics: 
Oceanography
Earth science
Climatology
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