Late twentieth century increase in northern Spitsbergen (Svalbard) glacier-derived runoff tracked by coralline algal Ba/Ca ratios ...
The Arctic cryosphere is changing rapidly due to global warming. Northern Svalbard is a warming hotspot with a temperature rise of ~ 6 °C over the last three decades. Concurrently, modelled data suggest a marked increase in glacier runoff during recent decades in northern Svalbard, and runoff is pro...
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ftdatacite:10.18452/26590 2023-06-11T04:07:59+02:00 Late twentieth century increase in northern Spitsbergen (Svalbard) glacier-derived runoff tracked by coralline algal Ba/Ca ratios ... Hetzinger, Steffen Halfar, Jochen Zajacz, Zoltan Möller, Marco Wisshak, Max 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.18452/26590 https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/handle/18452/27287 en eng Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 Ba/Ca Runoff proxy Glacier Freshwater Coralline algae Svalbard 550 Geowissenschaften article-journal Text ScholarlyArticle article 2021 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.18452/26590 2023-06-01T11:59:02Z The Arctic cryosphere is changing rapidly due to global warming. Northern Svalbard is a warming hotspot with a temperature rise of ~ 6 °C over the last three decades. Concurrently, modelled data suggest a marked increase in glacier runoff during recent decades in northern Svalbard, and runoff is projected to increase. However, observational data from before anthropogenic influence are sparse and the potential effects on the surface ocean are unclear. Here, we present a 200-year record of Ba/Ca ratios measured in annual increment-forming coralline algae from northern Spitsbergen as a proxy for past glacier-derived meltwater input. Our record shows a significant increasing trend in algal Ba/Ca ratios from the late-1980s onwards matching modelled regional runoff data, suggesting a drastic increase in land-based runoff. The rate of increase is unprecedented during the last two centuries and captures the impact of amplified warming on the coastal surface ocean in the high Arctic. The algal Ba/Ca runoff proxy ... Text arctic cryosphere Arctic glacier Global warming Svalbard Spitsbergen DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Arctic Svalbard |
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The Arctic cryosphere is changing rapidly due to global warming. Northern Svalbard is a warming hotspot with a temperature rise of ~ 6 °C over the last three decades. Concurrently, modelled data suggest a marked increase in glacier runoff during recent decades in northern Svalbard, and runoff is projected to increase. However, observational data from before anthropogenic influence are sparse and the potential effects on the surface ocean are unclear. Here, we present a 200-year record of Ba/Ca ratios measured in annual increment-forming coralline algae from northern Spitsbergen as a proxy for past glacier-derived meltwater input. Our record shows a significant increasing trend in algal Ba/Ca ratios from the late-1980s onwards matching modelled regional runoff data, suggesting a drastic increase in land-based runoff. The rate of increase is unprecedented during the last two centuries and captures the impact of amplified warming on the coastal surface ocean in the high Arctic. The algal Ba/Ca runoff proxy ... |
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Hetzinger, Steffen Halfar, Jochen Zajacz, Zoltan Möller, Marco Wisshak, Max |
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Late twentieth century increase in northern Spitsbergen (Svalbard) glacier-derived runoff tracked by coralline algal Ba/Ca ratios ... |
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Late twentieth century increase in northern Spitsbergen (Svalbard) glacier-derived runoff tracked by coralline algal Ba/Ca ratios ... |
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Late twentieth century increase in northern Spitsbergen (Svalbard) glacier-derived runoff tracked by coralline algal Ba/Ca ratios ... |
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Late twentieth century increase in northern Spitsbergen (Svalbard) glacier-derived runoff tracked by coralline algal Ba/Ca ratios ... |
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Late twentieth century increase in northern Spitsbergen (Svalbard) glacier-derived runoff tracked by coralline algal Ba/Ca ratios ... |
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late twentieth century increase in northern spitsbergen (svalbard) glacier-derived runoff tracked by coralline algal ba/ca ratios ... |
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