The international effort ISMIP6, led by NASA and with several participating researchers from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, have published new results in The Cryosphere
The Pine Island Glacier and the Thwaites Glacier on West-Antarctica have been undergoing rapid changes, with potentially major consequences for rising sea levels.
Melting ice shelves do not directly impact sea levels, but their disappearance may cause land-based ice to flow into the sea, causing sea levels to rise.