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Complex evolving patterns of mass loss from Antarctica’s largest glacier
Nature Geoscience ( IF 15.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-27 , DOI: 10.1038/s41561-019-0527-z
Jonathan L. Bamber , Geoffrey J. Dawson

Pine Island Glacier has contributed more to sea level rise over the past four decades than any other glacier in Antarctica. Model projections indicate that this will continue in the future but at conflicting rates. Some models suggest that mass loss could dramatically increase over the next few decades, resulting in a rapidly growing contribution to sea level and fast retreat of the grounding line, where the grounded ice meets the ocean. Other models indicate more moderate losses. Resolving this contrasting behaviour is important for sea level rise projections. Here, we use high-resolution satellite observations of elevation change since 2010 to show that thinning rates are now highest along the slow-flow margins of the glacier and that the present-day amplitude and pattern of elevation change is inconsistent with fast grounding-line migration and the associated rapid increase in mass loss over the next few decades. Instead, our results support model simulations that imply only modest changes in grounding-line location over that timescale. We demonstrate how the pattern of thinning is evolving in complex ways both in space and time and how rates in the fast-flowing central trunk have decreased by about a factor five since 2007.



中文翻译:

南极最大冰川的复杂的质量损失演化模式

过去四十年来,松岛冰川对南极海平面上升的贡献超过南极任何其他冰川。模型预测表明,这种情况将在未来继续,但速度会有所不同。一些模型表明,在接下来的几十年中,质量损失可能会急剧增加,从而导致对海平面的迅速增长和接地线与大洋汇合的接地线的快速后退。其他模型表明损失较小。解决这种对比行为对于海平面上升的预测很重要。这里,自2010年以来,我们使用高分辨率卫星对海拔变化的观测结果表明,沿冰川缓慢流动的边缘,稀疏率现在最高,并且当今海拔变化的幅度和模式与快速的地线偏移和在接下来的几十年中,相关的质量损失迅速增加。相反,我们的结果支持模型仿真,这暗示着在该时间范围内接地线位置仅发生了适度的变化。我们证明了自2007年以来,稀疏模式在空间和时间上如何以复杂的方式演变,以及快速流动的中央干线的速率如何降低了大约五分之一。我们的结果支持模型仿真,这暗示着在该时间范围内接地线位置只有适度的变化。我们证明了自2007年以来,稀疏模式在空间和时间上如何以复杂的方式演变,以及快速流动的中央干线的速率如何降低了大约五分之一。我们的结果支持模型仿真,这暗示着在该时间范围内接地线位置只有适度的变化。我们证明了自2007年以来,稀疏模式在空间和时间上如何以复杂的方式演变,以及快速流动的中央干线的速率如何降低了大约五分之一。

更新日期:2020-01-27
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