[HTML][HTML] Fjords as aquatic critical zones (ACZs)

TS Bianchi, S Arndt, WEN Austin, DI Benn… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the land-ocean aquatic continuum, commonly defined as the interface, or
transition zone, between terrestrial ecosystems and the open ocean, has undergone …

Resolving and parameterising the ocean mesoscale in earth system models

HT Hewitt, M Roberts, P Mathiot, A Biastoch… - Current Climate Change …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Assessment of the impact of ocean resolution in Earth System
models on the mean state, variability, and future projections and discussion of prospects for …

[HTML][HTML] How does glacier discharge affect marine biogeochemistry and primary production in the Arctic?

MJ Hopwood, D Carroll, T Dunse, A Hodson… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Freshwater discharge from glaciers is increasing across the Arctic in response to
anthropogenic climate change, which raises questions about the potential downstream …

Melting of glacier ice enhanced by bursting air bubbles

ME Wengrove, EC Pettit, JD Nash, RH Jackson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Feedbacks between ice melt, glacier flow and ocean circulation can rapidly accelerate ice
loss at tidewater glaciers and alter projections of sea-level rise. At the core of these …

Non-linear response of summertime marine productivity to increased meltwater discharge around Greenland

MJ Hopwood, D Carroll, TJ Browning, L Meire… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is thought to enhance marine
productivity by adding bioessential iron and silicic acid to coastal waters. However …

Future evolution of Greenland's marine‐terminating outlet glaciers

GA Catania, LA Stearns, TA Moon… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) has increased over the last two decades in
response to changes in global climate, motivating the scientific community to question how …

[HTML][HTML] Greenland liquid water discharge from 1958 through 2019

KD Mankoff, B Noël, X Fettweis… - Earth System …, 2020 - essd.copernicus.org
Greenland runoff, from ice mass loss and increasing rainfall, is increasing. That runoff, as
discharge, impacts the physical, chemical, and biological properties of the adjacent fjords …

Meltwater intrusions reveal mechanisms for rapid submarine melt at a tidewater glacier

RH Jackson, JD Nash, C Kienholz… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Submarine melting has been implicated as a driver of glacier retreat and sea level rise, but
to date melting has been difficult to observe and quantify. As a result, melt rates have been …

Effect of near‐terminus subglacial hydrology on tidewater glacier submarine melt rates

DA Slater, PW Nienow, TR Cowton… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Submarine melting of Greenlandic tidewater glacier termini is proposed as a possible
mechanism driving their recent thinning and retreat. We use a general circulation model …

The impact of glacier geometry on meltwater plume structure and submarine melt in Greenland fjords

D Carroll, DA Sutherland, B Hudson… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Meltwater from the Greenland Ice Sheet often drains subglacially into fjords, driving
upwelling plumes at glacier termini. Ocean models and observations of submarine termini …