Decadal-scale onset and termination of Antarctic ice-mass loss during the last deglaciation

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Michael E. Weber
Nicholas R. Golledge
Chris J. Fogwill
Chris S. M. Turney
Zoë A. Thomas
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[1] University of Bonn,Institute for Geosciences, Department of Geochemistry and Petrology
[2] Victoria University of Wellington,Antarctic Research Centre
[3] University of Keele,School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
[4] University of New South Wales,Earth and Sustainability Science Research Centre, School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences
[5] University of New South Wales,ARC Centre of Excellence in Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Nature Communications | / 12卷
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Emerging ice-sheet modeling suggests once initiated, retreat of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) can continue for centuries. Unfortunately, the short observational record cannot resolve the tipping points, rate of change, and timescale of responses. Iceberg-rafted debris data from Iceberg Alley identify eight retreat phases after the Last Glacial Maximum that each destabilized the AIS within a decade, contributing to global sea-level rise for centuries to a millennium, which subsequently re-stabilized equally rapidly. This dynamic response of the AIS is supported by (i) a West Antarctic blue ice record of ice-elevation drawdown >600 m during three such retreat events related to globally recognized deglacial meltwater pulses, (ii) step-wise retreat up to 400 km across the Ross Sea shelf, (iii) independent ice sheet modeling, and (iv) tipping point analysis. Our findings are consistent with a growing body of evidence suggesting the recent acceleration of AIS mass loss may mark the beginning of a prolonged period of ice sheet retreat and substantial global sea level rise.
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