Historical glacier change on Svalbard predicts doubling of mass loss by 2100

• Main Authors: Geyman, Emily C., van Pelt, J. J. Ward, Maloof, Adam C., Aas, Harald Faste, Kohler, Jack
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2022
• Subjects: Cryospheric science; Projection and prediction; Multidisciplinary; Arctic; Antarctic; Svalbard; Greenland; Dyer; Antarc*; Arctic Archipelago; glacier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04314-4

The melting of glaciers and ice caps accounts for about one-third of current sea-level rise , exceeding the mass loss from the more voluminous Greenland or Antarctic Ice Sheets. The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, which hosts spatial climate gradients that are larger than the expected temporal clima...