In a paper published in Nature Communications, the researchers explained that by adjusting a computer model of Thwaites to include the concept of a "grounding zone" instead of a "grounding line," they were able to reconstruct historical glacier change from the 1990s to the present that is four times more pronounced than traditional models.
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In a paper published in Nature Communications, the researchers explained that by adjusting a computer model of Thwaites to include the concept of a "grounding zone" instead of a "grounding line," they were able to reconstruct historical glacier change from the 1990s to the present that is four times more pronounced than traditional models.
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- tc.copernicus.org
At present, however, earth system models with built-in interactive ice sheets remain in their infancy (Vizcaino, 2014) and are not yet able to adequately resolve ice sheet processes such as grounding line migration at the necessary resolution, requiring intermediate steps.
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The second report, published in the journal "Science," uses computer models to study the Thwaites glacier.
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