Rapid submarine melting of the calving faces of West Greenland glaciers

• Published in: Nature Geoscience
• Main Authors: Rignot, E, Koppes, M, Velicogna, I
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2010
• Subjects: Greenland; Eqip Sermia; Kangilerngata Sermia; glacier
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3hw228ts

Widespread glacier acceleration has been observed in Greenland in the past few years associated with the thinning of the lower reaches of the glaciers as they terminate in the ocean. These glaciers thin both at the surface, from warm air temperatures, and along their submerged faces in contact with...