Observing and modeling ice sheet surface mass balance

JTM Lenaerts, B Medley… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Surface mass balance (SMB) provides mass input to the surface of the Antarctic and
Greenland Ice Sheets and therefore comprises an important control on ice sheet mass …

[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 …

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 …

Polar regions. chapter 3, ipcc special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate

M Meredith, M Sommerkorn, S Cassotta, C Derksen… - 2019 - repository.library.noaa.gov
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 …

Antarctic basal environment shaped by high-pressure flow through a subglacial river system

CF Dow, N Ross, H Jeofry, K Siu, MJ Siegert - Nature Geoscience, 2022 - nature.com
The stability of ice sheets and their contributions to sea level are modulated by high-
pressure water that lubricates the base of the ice, facilitating rapid flow into the ocean. In …

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 …

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] Tunnel valley formation beneath deglaciating mid-latitude ice sheets: Observations and modelling

JD Kirkham, KA Hogan, RD Larter, NS Arnold… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The geological record of landforms and sediments produced beneath deglaciating ice
sheets offers insights into inaccessible glacial processes. Large subglacial valleys formed …

Seasonal acceleration of Petermann Glacier, Greenland, from changes in subglacial hydrology

S Ehrenfeucht, M Morlighem, E Rignot… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Petermann Glacier is a major outlet glacier of northern Greenland that drains a marine‐
based basin vulnerable to destabilization from enhanced oceanic and atmospheric forcings …

Helheim Glacier ice velocity variability responds to runoff and terminus position change at different timescales

L Ultee, D Felikson, B Minchew, LA Stearns… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Greenland Ice Sheet discharges ice to the ocean through hundreds of outlet
glaciers. Recent acceleration of Greenland outlet glaciers has been linked to both oceanic …