Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland is shielded from warm Atlantic water by a bathymetric sill
Abstract The processes controlling advance and retreat of outlet glaciers in fjords draining the Greenland Ice Sheet remain poorly known, undermining assessments of their dynamics and associated sea-level rise in a warming climate. Mass loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet has increased six-fold over the...
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crspringernat:10.1038/s43247-020-00043-0 2023-05-15T15:04:47+02:00 Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland is shielded from warm Atlantic water by a bathymetric sill Jakobsson, Martin Mayer, Larry A. Nilsson, Johan Stranne, Christian Calder, Brian O’Regan, Matthew Farrell, John W. Cronin, Thomas M. Brüchert, Volker Chawarski, Julek Eriksson, Björn Fredriksson, Jonas Gemery, Laura Glueder, Anna Holmes, Felicity A. Jerram, Kevin Kirchner, Nina Mix, Alan Muchowski, Julia Prakash, Abhay Reilly, Brendan Thornton, Brett Ulfsbo, Adam Weidner, Elizabeth Åkesson, Henning Handl, Tamara Ståhl, Emelie Boze, Lee-Gray Reed, Sam West, Gabriel Padman, June Vetenskapsrådet The Nippon Foundation of Japan did provide some funding. 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00043-0 http://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-00043-0.pdf http://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-00043-0 en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Communications Earth & Environment volume 1, issue 1 ISSN 2662-4435 General Earth and Planetary Sciences General Environmental Science journal-article 2020 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00043-0 2022-01-04T10:39:59Z Abstract The processes controlling advance and retreat of outlet glaciers in fjords draining the Greenland Ice Sheet remain poorly known, undermining assessments of their dynamics and associated sea-level rise in a warming climate. Mass loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet has increased six-fold over the last four decades, with discharge and melt from outlet glaciers comprising key components of this loss. Here we acquired oceanographic data and multibeam bathymetry in the previously uncharted Sherard Osborn Fjord in northwest Greenland where Ryder Glacier drains into the Arctic Ocean. Our data show that warmer subsurface water of Atlantic origin enters the fjord, but Ryder Glacier’s floating tongue at its present location is partly protected from the inflow by a bathymetric sill located in the innermost fjord. This reduces under-ice melting of the glacier, providing insight into Ryder Glacier’s dynamics and its vulnerability to inflow of Atlantic warmer water. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Sherard Osborn fjord Springer Nature (via Crossref) Arctic Arctic Ocean Greenland Osborn ENVELOPE(-120.378,-120.378,56.604,56.604) Ryder ENVELOPE(-68.333,-68.333,-67.566,-67.566) Ryder Glacier ENVELOPE(-67.250,-67.250,-71.116,-71.116) Sherard Osborn Fjord ENVELOPE(-51.833,-51.833,82.083,82.083) Communications Earth & Environment 1 1 |
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General Earth and Planetary Sciences General Environmental Science Jakobsson, Martin Mayer, Larry A. Nilsson, Johan Stranne, Christian Calder, Brian O’Regan, Matthew Farrell, John W. Cronin, Thomas M. Brüchert, Volker Chawarski, Julek Eriksson, Björn Fredriksson, Jonas Gemery, Laura Glueder, Anna Holmes, Felicity A. Jerram, Kevin Kirchner, Nina Mix, Alan Muchowski, Julia Prakash, Abhay Reilly, Brendan Thornton, Brett Ulfsbo, Adam Weidner, Elizabeth Åkesson, Henning Handl, Tamara Ståhl, Emelie Boze, Lee-Gray Reed, Sam West, Gabriel Padman, June Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland is shielded from warm Atlantic water by a bathymetric sill |
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Abstract The processes controlling advance and retreat of outlet glaciers in fjords draining the Greenland Ice Sheet remain poorly known, undermining assessments of their dynamics and associated sea-level rise in a warming climate. Mass loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet has increased six-fold over the last four decades, with discharge and melt from outlet glaciers comprising key components of this loss. Here we acquired oceanographic data and multibeam bathymetry in the previously uncharted Sherard Osborn Fjord in northwest Greenland where Ryder Glacier drains into the Arctic Ocean. Our data show that warmer subsurface water of Atlantic origin enters the fjord, but Ryder Glacier’s floating tongue at its present location is partly protected from the inflow by a bathymetric sill located in the innermost fjord. This reduces under-ice melting of the glacier, providing insight into Ryder Glacier’s dynamics and its vulnerability to inflow of Atlantic warmer water. |
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Vetenskapsrådet The Nippon Foundation of Japan did provide some funding. |
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Jakobsson, Martin Mayer, Larry A. Nilsson, Johan Stranne, Christian Calder, Brian O’Regan, Matthew Farrell, John W. Cronin, Thomas M. Brüchert, Volker Chawarski, Julek Eriksson, Björn Fredriksson, Jonas Gemery, Laura Glueder, Anna Holmes, Felicity A. Jerram, Kevin Kirchner, Nina Mix, Alan Muchowski, Julia Prakash, Abhay Reilly, Brendan Thornton, Brett Ulfsbo, Adam Weidner, Elizabeth Åkesson, Henning Handl, Tamara Ståhl, Emelie Boze, Lee-Gray Reed, Sam West, Gabriel Padman, June |
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Jakobsson, Martin Mayer, Larry A. Nilsson, Johan Stranne, Christian Calder, Brian O’Regan, Matthew Farrell, John W. Cronin, Thomas M. Brüchert, Volker Chawarski, Julek Eriksson, Björn Fredriksson, Jonas Gemery, Laura Glueder, Anna Holmes, Felicity A. Jerram, Kevin Kirchner, Nina Mix, Alan Muchowski, Julia Prakash, Abhay Reilly, Brendan Thornton, Brett Ulfsbo, Adam Weidner, Elizabeth Åkesson, Henning Handl, Tamara Ståhl, Emelie Boze, Lee-Gray Reed, Sam West, Gabriel Padman, June |
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Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland is shielded from warm Atlantic water by a bathymetric sill |
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Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland is shielded from warm Atlantic water by a bathymetric sill |
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Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland is shielded from warm Atlantic water by a bathymetric sill |
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Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland is shielded from warm Atlantic water by a bathymetric sill |
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Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland is shielded from warm Atlantic water by a bathymetric sill |
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ryder glacier in northwest greenland is shielded from warm atlantic water by a bathymetric sill |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00043-0 http://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-00043-0.pdf http://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-00043-0 |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Sherard Osborn fjord |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Sherard Osborn fjord |
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