Decreasing cloud cover drives the recent mass loss on the Greenland Ice Sheet

• Published in: Science Advances
• Main Authors: Hofer, Stefan, Tedstone, Andrew J., Fettweis, Xavier, Bamber, Jonathan L.
• Other Authors: Natural Environment Research Council, Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2017
• Subjects: Greenland; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1700584; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.1700584

Reduction in summer cloud cover over the Greenland Ice Sheet is the main driver of recent melt.