{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Wallis BJ"],"funding":["RCUK | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)","EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020)","European Space Agency (ESA)"],"pagination":["7535"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10684579"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Ice dynamic change is the primary cause of mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet, thus it is important to understand the processes driving ice-ocean interactions and the timescale on which major change can occur. Here we use satellite observations to measure a rapid increase in speed and collapse of the ice shelf fronting Cadman Glacier in the absence of surface meltwater ponding. Between November 2018 and December 2019 ice speed increased by 94 ± 4% (1.47 ± 0.6 km/yr), ice discharge increased by 0.52 ± 0.21 Gt/yr, and the calving front retreated by 8 km with dynamic thinning on grounded ice of 20.1 ± 2.6 m/yr. This change was concurrent with a positive temperature anomaly in the upper ocean, where a 400 m deep channel allowed warm water to reach Cadman Glacier driving the dynamic activat"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Ocean warming drives rapid dynamic activation of marine-terminating glacier on the west Antarctic Peninsula."],"pmcid":["PMC10684579"],"funding_grant_id":["101060452","NE/T012757/1","Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling","NE/S007423/1","NE/S007458/1","Antarctic Ice Sheet Climate Change Initiative (CCI+)","NE/W004933/1","ESA Polar+ SO-ICE AO/1-1-461/20/I-NB","821001","ESA Polar+ SO-ICE ESA AO/1-1-461/20/I-NB","ESA Polar+ Ice Shelves ESA-IPL-POE-EF-cb-LE-2019-834"],"pubmed_authors":["Close R","Wuite J","Nagler T","Wallis BJ","Hogg AE","McMillan M","Meredith MP","Hardy D","Moffat C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Ocean warming drives rapid dynamic activation of marine-terminating glacier on the west Antarctic Peninsula.","description":"Ice dynamic change is the primary cause of mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet, thus it is important to understand the processes driving ice-ocean interactions and the timescale on which major change can occur. Here we use satellite observations to measure a rapid increase in speed and collapse of the ice shelf fronting Cadman Glacier in the absence of surface meltwater ponding. Between November 2018 and December 2019 ice speed increased by 94 ± 4% (1.47 ± 0.6 km/yr), ice discharge increased by 0.52 ± 0.21 Gt/yr, and the calving front retreated by 8 km with dynamic thinning on grounded ice of 20.1 ± 2.6 m/yr. This change was concurrent with a positive temperature anomaly in the upper ocean, where a 400 m deep channel allowed warm water to reach Cadman Glacier driving the dynamic activat","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Nov","modification":"2025-04-18T13:12:47.55Z","creation":"2025-04-06T22:45:50.37Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10684579","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38016938"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-023-42970-4"]}}