Temporal constraints on future accumulation-area loss of a major Arctic ice cap due to climate change (Vestfonna, Svalbard)

• Main Authors: Möller, Marco, Schneider, Christoph
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 2015
• Subjects: Climate and Earth system modelling; Environmental health; Cryospheric science; 914 Geografie Europas und Reisen in Europa; Arctic; Svalbard; Vestfonna; Climate change; glacier; Global warming; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18452/18161; https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/handle/18452/18832

Arctic glaciers and ice caps are major contributors to past, present and future sea-level fluctuations. Continued global warming may eventually lead to the equilibrium line altitudes of these ice masses rising above their highest points, triggering unstoppable downwasting. This may feed future sea-l...