- This model is used to test the sensitivity of the Patagonian ice sheet to elevated levels of precipitation delivered by mid‐latitude storms.
- Here, we provide a continuous marine record of western-central Patagonian ice sheet (PIS) extent over a complete glacial-interglacial cycle back into the...
- Another obstacle has been the temperate nature of Patagonian ice. The frozen water in the glaciers is near its melting point from the top to the bottom...
- Another obstacle has been the temperate nature of Patagonian ice. The frozen water in the glaciers is near its melting point from the top to the bottom...
- The Patagonian Ice Fields are giant ice sheets that cover an area of about 12,363 square miles (32,000 square kilometers).
- “We did not think the ice fields on the Patagonian plateau could be quite that substantial,” said co-author Eric Rignot, Donald Bren Professor and chair of Earth...
- At the height of the last glacial period, the Patagonian ice sheet covered all of Chile south of Puerto Montt and the western edge of Argentina.
- Patagonia is home to the largest ice fields in the Southern Hemisphere outside Antarctica, and its glaciers are among the fastest-moving in the world.
- In order to better understand the region's potential contribution to sea level rise, scientists wanted to more accurately characterize the size of Patagonia's ice sheets.