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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 44, Issue 14, Pages 7347-7355Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2017GL073486
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- Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centres programme through the Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC)
- Australian Research Council's Special Research Initiative for Antarctic Gateway Partnership [SR140300001]
- Australian Government
- NASA [NNX13AM16G, NNX13AK27G]
- NASA [NNX13AK27G, 471916] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
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Future global mean sea level (GMSL) change is dependent on the complex response of the Antarctic ice sheet to ongoing changes and feedbacks in the climate system. The Lambert-Amery glacial system has been observed to be stable over the recent period yet is potentially at risk of rapid grounding line retreat and ice discharge given that a significant volume of its ice is grounded below sea level, making its future contribution to GMSL uncertain. Using a regional ice sheet model of the Lambert-Amery system, we find that under a range of future warming and extreme scenarios, the simulated grounding line remains stable and does not trigger rapid mass loss from grounding line retreat. This allows for increased future accumulation to exceed the mass loss from ice dynamical changes. We suggest that the Lambert-Amery glacial system will remain stable or gain ice mass and mitigate a portion of potential future sea level rise over the next 500 years, with a range of +3.6 to -117.5 mm GMSL equivalent.
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