The climate sensitivity of northern Greenland fjords is amplified through sea-ice damming

• Published in: Communications Earth & Environment
• Main Authors: Stranne, Christian, Nilsson, Johan, Ulfsbo, Adam, O’Regan, Matt, Coxall, Helen K., Meire, Lorenz, Muchowski, Julia, Mayer, Larry A., Brüchert, Volker, Fredriksson, Jonas, Thornton, Brett, Chawarski, Julek, West, Gabriel, Weidner, Elizabeth, Jakobsson, Martin
• Other Authors: Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas, EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, Vetenskapsrådet
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Environmental Science; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Osborn; Petermann Fjord; Sherard Osborn Fjord; Ice Sheet; Sea ice; Sherard Osborn fjord
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00140-8; http://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00140-8.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00140-8

Abstract Record-high air temperatures were observed over Greenland in the summer of 2019 and melting of the northern Greenland Ice Sheet was particularly extensive. Here we show, through direct measurements, that near surface ocean temperatures in Sherard Osborn Fjord, northern Greenland, reached 4...