Weakening of the pinning point buttressing Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2022 The Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf buttresses a significant portion of Thwaites Glacier through contact with a pinning point 40 km offshore of the present grounding line. Predicting future rates of Thwaites Glacier’s contribution to sea-level rise depends on
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Limited Impact of Thwaites Ice Shelf on Future Ice Loss From Antarctica
Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 Thwaites Ice Shelf (TWIS), the floating extension of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, is changing rapidly and may completely disintegrate in the near future.
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Strong Ocean Melting Feedback During the Recent Retreat of Thwaites Glacier
Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 Accelerating ice loss from Thwaites Glacier is contributing approximately 5% of global sea‐level rise, and could add tens of centimeters to sea level over the coming centuries.
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Hard rocks and deep wetlands beneath Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica [PDF]
Communications Earth & EnvironmentThwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is losing ice rapidly and is considered especially vulnerable to retreat, but predictions of its future remain limited by uncertainties about its subglacial properties.
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Reinstatement of Memecylon elegantulum (Melastomataceae) and recircumscription of Memecylon rostratum, two species endemic to Sri Lanka [PDF]
PhytoKeysMemecylon elegantulum Thwaites, a heterotypic synonym of M. rostratum Thwaites, is re-instated based on recent collections and field observations.
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The influence of subglacial lake discharge on Thwaites Glacier ice-shelf melting and grounding-line retreat [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe retreat of the Antarctic Ice Sheet is conventionally attributed to increased ocean melting of ice shelves, potentially enhanced by internal instability from grounding lines near retrograde bed slopes.
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Standards for Hospital Falls Prevention and Management: An International Comparative Analysis. [PDF]
J Adv NursABSTRACT Background Hospital falls and associated injuries are a global issue associated with harm and significant costs to individuals and society, especially for older adults. Hospital standards specify the minimum level of care required to optimise patient safety, quality and outcomes. Standards are often used during hospital accreditation.
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West Antarctic ice retreat and paleoceanography in the Amundsen Sea in the warm early Pliocene [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsMass loss from polar ice sheets is poorly constrained in estimates of future global sea-level rise. Today, the marine-based West Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing mass at an accelerating rate, most notably in the Thwaites and Pine Island glacier drainage ...
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Derivation of bedrock topography measurement requirements for the reduction of uncertainty in ice-sheet model projections of Thwaites Glacier [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2022 Determining the future evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet is critical for understanding and narrowing the large existing uncertainties in century-scale global mean sea-level-rise (SLR) projections.
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Two decades of dynamic change and progressive destabilization on the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2021 The Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf (TEIS) buttresses the eastern grounded portion of Thwaites Glacier through contact with a pinning point at its seaward limit. Loss of this ice shelf will promote further acceleration of Thwaites Glacier.
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