Does Warming of the North Atlantic over the Last Decade Explain the Acceleration of Outlet Glaciers in Southeast Greenland?

The Greenland Ice Sheet’s (GIS) contribution to sea level rise more than doubled in the last seven years, mostly because of the acceleration of outlet glaciers in the southeastern and western sectors of the ice sheet 1. Roughly at the same time, ocean temperatures around Greenland’s western and sout...

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Main Authors: F. Straneo (fstraneo@whoi. Edu, D. A. Sutherl, G. S. Hamilton, R. G. Curry, L. A. Stearns, Woods Hole
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Greenland
Ice Sheet
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.370.6335
http://www.whoi.edu/science/PO/people/fstraneo/pdfs/StraneoAGU2008.pdf
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Summary:The Greenland Ice Sheet’s (GIS) contribution to sea level rise more than doubled in the last seven years, mostly because of the acceleration of outlet glaciers in the southeastern and western sectors of the ice sheet 1. Roughly at the same time, ocean temperatures around Greenland’s western and southeastern coast also started to increase. This oceanic warming, which has affected

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