PIG
E659969
PIG is the commonly used acronym for Pine Island Glacier, one of Antarctica’s largest and fastest-changing glaciers, significant for its impact on global sea-level rise.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PIG canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | glacier ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
climate change
ⓘ
ocean-driven basal melting ⓘ warm Circumpolar Deep Water ⓘ |
| comparedWith | Thwaites Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Antarctica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainsInto | Amundsen Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | Pine Island Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcronym | PIG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasImportance |
indicator of West Antarctic Ice Sheet stability
ⓘ
key contributor to observed Antarctic mass loss ⓘ |
| hasPhenomenon |
calving of large icebergs
ⓘ
ice-shelf rifting ⓘ |
| hasProcess | marine ice-sheet instability ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
grounding line retreat over recent decades
ⓘ
high ice discharge rate ⓘ rapid thinning ⓘ |
| hasResearchProgram |
ITGC (International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, related regional studies)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Operation IceBridge NERFINISHED ⓘ UK-US joint field campaigns ⓘ |
| hasUncertainty | future rate of mass loss ⓘ |
| isNeighborOf | Thwaites Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
fastest-changing glaciers in Antarctica
ⓘ
largest glaciers in Antarctica ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amundsen Sea sector
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Antarctica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
airborne surveys
ⓘ
autonomous underwater vehicles ⓘ interferometric synthetic aperture radar ⓘ satellite altimetry ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Pine Island Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Amundsen Sea Embayment glacier system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Antarctic Ice Sheet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retreatsBy |
grounding line retreat
ⓘ
ice-shelf thinning ⓘ |
| risk |
multi-meter sea-level rise over centuries if destabilized
ⓘ
potential long-term destabilization of West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ |
| significantFor |
contribution to global sea-level rise
ⓘ
rapid ice mass loss ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
climate scientists
ⓘ
glaciologists ⓘ oceanographers ⓘ |
| terminusType | floating ice shelf ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.