Fast retreat of Zachariæ Isstrøm, northeast Greenland

• Main Authors: Mouginot, J, Rignot, E, Scheuchl, B, Fenty, I, Khazendar, A, Morlighem, M, Buzzi, A, Paden, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2015
• Subjects: Climate Action; Life Below Water; General Science & Technology; Greenland; Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/91n932zf

After 8 years of decay of its ice shelf, Zachariæ Isstrøm, a major glacier of northeast Greenland that holds a 0.5-meter sea-level rise equivalent, entered a phase of accelerated retreat in fall 2012. The acceleration rate of its ice velocity tripled, melting of its residual ice shelf and thinning o...