Greenland ice sheet hydrology: A review

VW Chu - Progress in Physical Geography, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Understanding Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) hydrology is essential for evaluating response of
ice dynamics to a warming climate and future contributions to global sea level rise. Recently …

Greenland ice sheet mass balance: a review

SA Khan, A Aschwanden, AA Bjørk… - Reports on progress …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the past quarter of a century the Arctic has warmed more than any other region on
Earth, causing a profound impact on the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) and its contribution to …

Interacting tipping elements increase risk of climate domino effects under global warming

N Wunderling, JF Donges, J Kurths… - Earth System …, 2020 - esd.copernicus.org
There exists a range of subsystems in the climate system exhibiting threshold behaviour
which could be triggered under global warming within this century resulting in severe …

[HTML][HTML] Return to rapid ice loss in Greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the GRACE-FO satellites

I Sasgen, B Wouters, AS Gardner, MD King… - … Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Between 2003-2016, the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) was one of the largest
contributors to sea level rise, as it lost about 255 Gt of ice per year. This mass loss slowed in …

Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms: evidence from paleoclimate data, climate modeling, and modern observations that 2 C global warming could be dangerous

J Hansen, M Sato, P Hearty, R Ruedy… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
We use numerical climate simulations, paleoclimate data, and modern observations to study
the effect of growing ice melt from Antarctica and Greenland. Meltwater tends to stabilize the …

On the recent contribution of the Greenland ice sheet to sea level change

MR Van den Broeke, EM Enderlin, IM Howat… - The …, 2016 - tc.copernicus.org
We assess the recent contribution of the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) to sea level change. We
use the mass budget method, which quantifies ice sheet mass balance (MB) as the …

A reconciled estimate of ice-sheet mass balance

A Shepherd, ER Ivins, VR Barletta, MJ Bentley… - Science, 2012 - science.org
We combined an ensemble of satellite altimetry, interferometry, and gravimetry data sets
using common geographical regions, time intervals, and models of surface mass balance …

[HTML][HTML] Unprecedented atmospheric conditions (1948–2019) drive the 2019 exceptional melting season over the Greenland ice sheet

M Tedesco, X Fettweis - The Cryosphere, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Understanding the role of atmospheric circulation anomalies on the surface mass balance of
the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) is fundamental for improving estimates of its current and …

State of the climate in 2015

J Blunden, DS Arndt - Bulletin of the American Meteorological …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2015 Page 1 Special Supplement to the Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society Vol. 97, No. 8, August 2016 STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2015 Brought …

Central West Antarctica among the most rapidly warming regions on Earth

DH Bromwich, JP Nicolas, AJ Monaghan… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
There is clear evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is contributing to sea-level rise. In
contrast, West Antarctic temperature changes in recent decades remain uncertain. West …