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The 17 pages that link to West Antarctic Ice Sheet, each with the reason it gives.

• Antarctic PeninsulaNarrower topic: The peninsula’s ice is part of the wider West Antarctic ice system.

• Antarctic ice sheetBroader topic: Its marine-based sectors are particularly sensitive to ocean-driven retreat.

• Ice sheetBroader topic: Its bed lies largely below sea level, making marine retreat a central concern.

• Marine ice-sheet instabilityBroader topic: Its marine setting and inland-deepening basins make it a major potential site of instability.

• Climate change in AntarcticaBroader topic: Its glaciers and ice shelves are especially vulnerable to ocean-driven melting.

• Pine Island GlacierNarrower topic: Pine Island Glacier drains a substantial part of this marine-based ice sheet.

• Ice sheet dynamicsBroader topic: Its marine-based sectors are vulnerable to retreat where warm water reaches grounding zones.

• Thwaites GlacierNarrower topic: Thwaites is one of its major outlets, and its retreat may affect neighboring drainage basins.

• Quaternary glaciationBroader topic: Its past fluctuations illustrate the sensitivity of marine-based ice to changing climate and sea level.

• Marie Byrd LandRelated: Its ice covers much of Marie Byrd Land’s interior.

• West AntarcticaBroader topic: It occupies the region’s central and southern interior.

• West Antarctic Rift SystemRelated: Rift basins influence the bed beneath this vulnerable ice sheet.

• Antarctic glaciationBroader topic: Its marine-based foundation makes it more vulnerable to ocean warming and retreat.

• Bellingshausen SeaNarrower topic: Its stability is affected by ocean conditions along the Bellingshausen coast.

• East AntarcticaCompared with: Its marine-based structure makes it more vulnerable to ocean-driven retreat than most East Antarctic ice.

• Amundsen SeaNarrower topic: Its future stability depends in part on glaciers draining through this sea.

• Tipping points in the climate systemBroader topic: Marine ice-sheet instability could drive substantial, long-lasting sea-level rise.