Naomi Ochwat, PhD (@drnaomio.bsky.social)

Austrian Polar Research Institute about 2 months ago

New article by APRI member, @drnaomio.bsky.social and colleagues! 👆 Main takeaway: ice plain bedrock geometry can drive rapid retreats of glaciers if they undergo dynamic thinning, and in this case after the loss of stabilizing fast ice in 2022. #UniInnsbruck #NatureGeoscience #Hektoriaglacier

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Record grounded glacier retreat caused by an ice plain calving process - Nature Geoscience An Antarctic glacier retreated after the loss of landfast ice at a peak rate almost an order of magnitude faster than previously recorded because of buoyancy-driven ice calving, according to an analys... https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01802-4