Understanding of contemporary regional sea‐level change and the implications for the future

BD Hamlington, AS Gardner, E Ivins… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Global sea level provides an important indicator of the state of the warming climate, but
changes in regional sea level are most relevant for coastal communities around the world …

Greenland ice sheet climate disequilibrium and committed sea-level rise

JE Box, A Hubbard, DB Bahr, WT Colgan… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Ice loss from the Greenland ice sheet is one of the largest sources of contemporary sea-level
rise (SLR). While process-based models place timescales on Greenland's deglaciation, their …

Stability of Ice Shelves and Ice Cliffs in a Changing Climate

JN Bassis, A Crawford, SB Kachuck… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The largest uncertainty in future sea-level rise is loss of ice from the Greenland and Antarctic
Ice Sheets. Ice shelves, freely floating platforms of ice that fringe the ice sheets, play a …

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] High-accuracy UAV photogrammetry of ice sheet dynamics with no ground control

TR Chudley, P Christoffersen, SH Doyle… - The …, 2019 - tc.copernicus.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and structure from motion with multi-view stereo (SfM–
MVS) photogrammetry are increasingly common tools for geoscience applications, but final …

Twenty-first century ocean forcing of the Greenland ice sheet for modelling of sea level contribution

DA Slater, D Felikson, F Straneo, H Goelzer… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Abstract Changes in ocean temperature and salinity are expected to be an important
determinant of the Greenland ice sheet's future sea level contribution. Yet, simulating the …

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 …

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 …

A decade of variability on Jakobshavn Isbræ: ocean temperatures pace speed through influence on mélange rigidity

I Joughin, DE Shean, BE Smith, D Floricioiu - The Cryosphere, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
The speed of Greenland's fastest glacier, Jakobshavn Isbræ, has varied substantially since
its speed-up in the late 1990s. Here we present observations of surface velocity, mélange …

Localized plumes drive front‐wide ocean melting of a Greenlandic tidewater glacier

DA Slater, F Straneo, SB Das… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Recent acceleration of Greenland's ocean‐terminating glaciers has substantially amplified
the ice sheet's contribution to global sea level. Increased oceanic melting of these tidewater …