Atmospheric forcing of rapid marine-terminating glacier retreat in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Marine-terminating glaciers in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago have retreated in response to atmospheric, not oceanic, warming.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Science Advances
Main Authors: Cook, Alison J., Copland, Luke, Noël, Brice P. Y., Stokes, Chris R., Bentley, Michael J., Sharp, Martin J., Bingham, Robert G., van den Broeke, Michiel R.
Other Authors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Leverhulme Trust
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2019
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau8507
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.aau8507
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Summary:Marine-terminating glaciers in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago have retreated in response to atmospheric, not oceanic, warming.