Variable glacier response to atmospheric warming, northern Antarctic Peninsula, 1988–2009

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: B. J. Davies, J. L. Carrivick, N. F. Glasser, M. J. Hambrey, J. L. Smellie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Island; Trinity Peninsula; Vega Island; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; James Ross Island; The Cryosphere; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1031-2012; https://doaj.org/article/b095fa6214074f52b90b8a055ab6b04a

The northern Antarctic Peninsula has recently exhibited ice-shelf disintegration, glacier recession and acceleration. However, the dynamic response of land-terminating, ice-shelf tributary and tidewater glaciers has not yet been quantified or assessed for variability, and there are sparse data for g...