Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland is shielded from warm Atlantic water by a bathymetric sill

• Published in: Communications Earth & Environment
• Main Authors: 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
• Other Authors: Vetenskapsrådet, The Nippon Foundation of Japan did provide some funding.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Environmental Science; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Osborn; Ryder; Ryder Glacier; Sherard Osborn Fjord; glacier; Ice Sheet; Sherard Osborn fjord
• Online Access: 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

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...