Publications by authors named "Eric D Skyllingstad"
Nat Geosci
September 2023
Article Synopsis
- Feedback loops between ice melt, glacier flow, and ocean circulation can significantly speed up ice loss at tidewater glaciers, impacting sea-level rise predictions.
- Current models of ice melt underestimate melting rates by not accounting for air bubbles trapped in glacier ice, which can lead to errors of 10-100 times compared to actual observations.
- Laboratory experiments reveal that the bursting of these pressurized bubbles enhances ice melt by introducing buoyancy and turbulence, suggesting that glaciers melt 2.25 times faster than bubble-free ice and improving the accuracy of global sea-level rise forecasts.
