Greenland-wide accelerated retreat of peripheral glaciers in the twenty-first century

The long-term response of Greenland’s peripheral glaciers to climate change is widely undocumented. Here we use historical aerial photographs and satellite imagery to document length fluctuations of >1,000 land-terminating peripheral glaciers in Greenland over more than a century. We find that th...

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Published in:Nature Climate Change
Main Authors: Larocca, L. J., Twining–Ward, M., Axford, Y., Schweinsberg, A. D., Larsen, S. H., Westergaard–Nielsen, A., Luetzenburg, G., Briner, J. P., Kjeldsen, K. K., Bjørk, A. A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2023
Subjects:
Greenland
Online Access:https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/greenlandwide-accelerated-retreat-of-peripheral-glaciers-in-the-twentyfirst-century(57785858-d521-4538-8e0f-61e5b4a00dc9).html
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01855-6
https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/376454286/Greenland_wide_accelerated_retreat_of_peripheral_glaciers_in_the_twenty_first_century.pdf
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spelling ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/57785858-d521-4538-8e0f-61e5b4a00dc9 2024-05-19T07:41:04+00:00 Greenland-wide accelerated retreat of peripheral glaciers in the twenty-first century Larocca, L. J. Twining–Ward, M. Axford, Y. Schweinsberg, A. D. Larsen, S. H. Westergaard–Nielsen, A. Luetzenburg, G. Briner, J. P. Kjeldsen, K. K. Bjørk, A. A. 2023 application/pdf https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/greenlandwide-accelerated-retreat-of-peripheral-glaciers-in-the-twentyfirst-century(57785858-d521-4538-8e0f-61e5b4a00dc9).html https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01855-6 https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/376454286/Greenland_wide_accelerated_retreat_of_peripheral_glaciers_in_the_twenty_first_century.pdf eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Larocca , L J , Twining–Ward , M , Axford , Y , Schweinsberg , A D , Larsen , S H , Westergaard–Nielsen , A , Luetzenburg , G , Briner , J P , Kjeldsen , K K & Bjørk , A A 2023 , ' Greenland-wide accelerated retreat of peripheral glaciers in the twenty-first century ' , Nature climate change , vol. 13 , pp. 1324-1328 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01855-6 article 2023 ftcopenhagenunip https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01855-6 2024-05-02T00:33:24Z The long-term response of Greenland’s peripheral glaciers to climate change is widely undocumented. Here we use historical aerial photographs and satellite imagery to document length fluctuations of >1,000 land-terminating peripheral glaciers in Greenland over more than a century. We find that their rate of retreat over the last two decades is double that of the twentieth century, indicating a ubiquitous transition into a new, accelerated state of downwasting. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland University of Copenhagen: Research Nature Climate Change 13 12 1324 1328
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description The long-term response of Greenland’s peripheral glaciers to climate change is widely undocumented. Here we use historical aerial photographs and satellite imagery to document length fluctuations of >1,000 land-terminating peripheral glaciers in Greenland over more than a century. We find that their rate of retreat over the last two decades is double that of the twentieth century, indicating a ubiquitous transition into a new, accelerated state of downwasting.
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author Larocca, L. J.
Twining–Ward, M.
Axford, Y.
Schweinsberg, A. D.
Larsen, S. H.
Westergaard–Nielsen, A.
Luetzenburg, G.
Briner, J. P.
Kjeldsen, K. K.
Bjørk, A. A.
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Twining–Ward, M.
Axford, Y.
Schweinsberg, A. D.
Larsen, S. H.
Westergaard–Nielsen, A.
Luetzenburg, G.
Briner, J. P.
Kjeldsen, K. K.
Bjørk, A. A.
Greenland-wide accelerated retreat of peripheral glaciers in the twenty-first century
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Briner, J. P.
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