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ProfessorTinavan de Flierdt

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Earth Science & Engineering

Head of the Department of Earth Science and Engineering
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 1290tina.vandeflierdt

 
 
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Location

 

G.30Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Stokes:2022:10.1038/s41586-022-04946-0,
author = {Stokes, CR and Abram, NJ and Bentley, MJ and Edwards, TL and England, MH and Foppert, A and Jamieson, SSR and Jones, RS and King, MA and Lenaerts, JTM and Medley, B and Miles, BWJ and Paxman, GJG and Ritz, C and van, de Flierdt T and Whitehouse, PL},
doi = {10.1038/s41586-022-04946-0},
journal = {Nature},
pages = {275--286},
title = {Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04946-0},
volume = {608},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The East Antarctic Ice Sheet contains the vast majority of Earth’s glacier ice (about 52 metres sea-level equivalent), but is often viewed as less vulnerable to global warming than the West Antarctic or Greenland ice sheets. However, some regions of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have lost mass over recent decades, prompting the need to re-evaluate its sensitivity to climate change. Here we review the response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past warm periods, synthesize current observations of change and evaluate future projections. Some marine-based catchments that underwent notable mass loss during past warm periods are losing mass at present but most projections indicate increased accumulation across the East Antarctic Ice Sheet over the twenty-first century, keeping the ice sheet broadly in balance. Beyond 2100, high-emissions scenarios generate increased ice discharge and potentially several metres of sea-level rise within just a few centuries, but substantial mass loss could be averted if the Paris Agreement to limit warming below 2 degrees Celsius is satisfied.
AU  - Stokes,CR
AU  - Abram,NJ
AU  - Bentley,MJ
AU  - Edwards,TL
AU  - England,MH
AU  - Foppert,A
AU  - Jamieson,SSR
AU  - Jones,RS
AU  - King,MA
AU  - Lenaerts,JTM
AU  - Medley,B
AU  - Miles,BWJ
AU  - Paxman,GJG
AU  - Ritz,C
AU  - van,de Flierdt T
AU  - Whitehouse,PL
DO  - 10.1038/s41586-022-04946-0
EP  - 286
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 0028-0836
SP  - 275
TI  - Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change
T2  - Nature
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04946-0
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/98532
VL  - 608
ER  -
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