Polar regions

MP Meredith, M Sommerkorn… - The ocean and …, 2019 - research.monash.edu
This chapter assesses the state of physical, biological and social knowledge concerning the
Arctic and Antarctic ocean and cryosphere, how they are affected by climate change, and …

Past warmth and its impacts during the Holocene thermal maximum in Greenland

Y Axford, A De Vernal… - Annual Review of Earth …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Higher boreal summer insolation in the early to middle Holocene drove thousands of years
of summer warming across the Arctic. Modern-day warming has distinctly different causes …

Nonlinear rise in Greenland runoff in response to post-industrial Arctic warming

LD Trusel, SB Das, MB Osman, MJ Evans, BE Smith… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract The Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) is a growing contributor to global sea-level rise 1,
with recent ice mass loss dominated by surface meltwater runoff 2, 3. Satellite observations …

Remote sensing of environmental changes in cold regions: Methods, achievements and challenges

J Du, JD Watts, L Jiang, H Lu, X Cheng, C Duguay… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cold regions, including high-latitude and high-altitude landscapes, are experiencing
profound environmental changes driven by global warming. With the advance of earth …

Modern temperatures in central–north Greenland warmest in past millennium

M Hörhold, T Münch, S Weißbach, S Kipfstuhl, J Freitag… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Greenland Ice Sheet has a central role in the global climate system owing to its
size, radiative effects and freshwater storage, and as a potential tipping point. Weather …

Extreme melt season ice layers reduce firn permeability across Greenland

R Culberg, DM Schroeder, W Chu - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Surface meltwater runoff dominates present-day mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet. In
Greenland's interior, porous firn can limit runoff by retaining meltwater unless perched low …

[HTML][HTML] Meteorological drivers and large-scale climate forcing of West Antarctic surface melt

RC Scott, JP Nicolas, DH Bromwich… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Meteorological Drivers and Large-Scale Climate Forcing of West Antarctic Surface Melt in:
Journal of Climate Volume 32 Issue 3 (2019) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation …

Firn data compilation reveals widespread decrease of firn air content in western Greenland

B Vandecrux, M MacFerrin, H Machguth… - The …, 2019 - tc.copernicus.org
A porous layer of multi-year snow known as firn covers the Greenland-ice-sheet interior. The
firn layer buffers the ice-sheet contribution to sea-level rise by retaining a fraction of summer …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature and moisture transport during atmospheric blocking patterns around the Antarctic Peninsula

D Bozkurt, JC Marín, BS Barrett - Weather and Climate Extremes, 2022 - Elsevier
We assess temperature and moisture transport in and around the Antarctic Peninsula (AP)
associated with atmospheric blocking over two domains, one located to the west (150–90° …

SE‐Dome II Ice Core Dating With Half‐Year Precision: Increasing Melting Events From 1799 to 2020 in Southeastern Greenland

K Kawakami, Y Iizuka, M Sasage… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic warming has accelerated surface melting even in the highland areas of the Greenland
ice sheet (GrIS). Understanding the relationship between climate and surface melting is …