Potential Environmental Effects of Expanding Lake Jökulsárlón in Response to Melting of Breiðamerkurjökull, Iceland
Glacial retreat has been well documented in several studies on the Vatnajökull ice cap. Breiðamerkurjökull, an outlet glacier from Vatnajökull, has been actively retreating since the end of the Little Ice Age in the mid-nineteenth century. There is a strong correlation between the increasing rate of...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/cart.50.3.3197g 2024-02-04T10:00:36+01:00 Potential Environmental Effects of Expanding Lake Jökulsárlón in Response to Melting of Breiðamerkurjökull, Iceland Canas, Daniel Chan, Winnie May Chiu, Austen Jung-Ritchie, Logan Leung, Matthew Pillay, Logesh Waltham, Brenda 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cart.50.3.3197g https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cart.50.3.3197G en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization volume 50, issue 3, page 204-213 ISSN 0317-7173 1911-9925 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 2015 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/cart.50.3.3197g 2024-01-09T18:28:03Z Glacial retreat has been well documented in several studies on the Vatnajökull ice cap. Breiðamerkurjökull, an outlet glacier from Vatnajökull, has been actively retreating since the end of the Little Ice Age in the mid-nineteenth century. There is a strong correlation between the increasing rate of glacial melt resulting from rising global temperatures and the expansion of proglacial lakes. Jökulsárlón, a proglacial lake associated with Breiðamerkurjökull, has grown significantly, from 14.6 km 2 to 25.4 km 2 , between 1999 and 2014, as illustrated in a series of Landsat 7 ETM+ and Landsat 8 images. Climate models predict that global temperatures will continue rising, which will impact the rate of glacial melt and subsequent expansion of proglacial lakes. These trends, as seen around the Breiðamerkurjökull-Jökulsárlón area, may result in serious environmental complications for the Icelandic population in the future. For that reason, it is important to monitor this phenomenon and take precautions where necessary. Jökulsárlón will also serve as a modern analogue for future studies on understanding the relationship between outlet glaciers and proglacial lakes' responses to climatic change. Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier Ice cap Iceland Vatnajökull University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press - via Crossref) Breiðamerkurjökull ENVELOPE(-16.340,-16.340,64.117,64.117) Jökulsárlón ENVELOPE(-16.364,-16.364,64.051,64.051) Vatnajökull ENVELOPE(-16.823,-16.823,64.420,64.420) Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization 50 3 204 213 |
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Glacial retreat has been well documented in several studies on the Vatnajökull ice cap. Breiðamerkurjökull, an outlet glacier from Vatnajökull, has been actively retreating since the end of the Little Ice Age in the mid-nineteenth century. There is a strong correlation between the increasing rate of glacial melt resulting from rising global temperatures and the expansion of proglacial lakes. Jökulsárlón, a proglacial lake associated with Breiðamerkurjökull, has grown significantly, from 14.6 km 2 to 25.4 km 2 , between 1999 and 2014, as illustrated in a series of Landsat 7 ETM+ and Landsat 8 images. Climate models predict that global temperatures will continue rising, which will impact the rate of glacial melt and subsequent expansion of proglacial lakes. These trends, as seen around the Breiðamerkurjökull-Jökulsárlón area, may result in serious environmental complications for the Icelandic population in the future. For that reason, it is important to monitor this phenomenon and take precautions where necessary. Jökulsárlón will also serve as a modern analogue for future studies on understanding the relationship between outlet glaciers and proglacial lakes' responses to climatic change. |
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Potential Environmental Effects of Expanding Lake Jökulsárlón in Response to Melting of Breiðamerkurjökull, Iceland |
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Potential Environmental Effects of Expanding Lake Jökulsárlón in Response to Melting of Breiðamerkurjökull, Iceland |
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Potential Environmental Effects of Expanding Lake Jökulsárlón in Response to Melting of Breiðamerkurjökull, Iceland |
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Potential Environmental Effects of Expanding Lake Jökulsárlón in Response to Melting of Breiðamerkurjökull, Iceland |
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Potential Environmental Effects of Expanding Lake Jökulsárlón in Response to Melting of Breiðamerkurjökull, Iceland |
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potential environmental effects of expanding lake jökulsárlón in response to melting of breiðamerkurjökull, iceland |
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