Marine ice sheet instability (Q788)

Subject, term, tag: Marine ice sheet instability

Marine ice sheet instability (MISI)

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Marine ice sheet instability	Subject, term, tag: Marine ice sheet instability	Marine ice sheet instability (MISI)

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source version

IPCC Glossary v1.5

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Source

https://apps.ipcc.ch/glossary/

date accessed

27 May 2026

Part of

Working Group I: Climate Change 2021 – The Physical Science Basis

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Definition

A mechanism of irreversible (on the decadal to centennial time scale) retreat of a grounding line for the marine-terminating glaciers, in case the glacier bed slopes towards the ice sheet interior. (English)