Terminus change of Kaskawulsh Glacier, Yukon, under a warming climate: retreat, thinning, slowdown and modified proglacial lake geometry

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Main, Brittany, Copland, Luke, Smeda, Braden, Kochtitzky, Will, Samsonov, Sergey, Dudley, Jonathan, Skidmore, Mark, Dow, Christine, Van Wychen, Wesley, Medrzycka, Dorota, Higgs, Eric, Mingo, Laurent
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2022
• Subjects: Canada; Kaskawulsh Glacier; Yukon; glacier*; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.114; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143022001149

Abstract Links between proglacial lakes and glacier dynamics are poorly understood but are necessary to predict how mountain glaciers will react to a warmer, wetter climate, where such lakes are expected to increase both in number and volume. Here, we examine a long-term (~120 year) record of termin...