Glacier Changes in Iceland From ∼1890 to 2019

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir, Eyjólfur Magnússon, Finnur Pálsson, Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, Joaquín M. C. Belart, Tómas Jóhannesson, Hrafnhildur Hannesdóttir, Oddur Sigurðsson, Andri Gunnarsson, Bergur Einarsson, Etienne Berthier, Louise Steffensen Schmidt, Hannes H. Haraldsson, Helgi Björnsson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: mass balance; glaciers; climate; Iceland; glacier–climate relationship; Science; Q; Langjökull; Vatnajökull; glacier; Hofsjökull
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.523646; https://doaj.org/article/e57fea7cc40042e38b6e3563e8dda674

The volume of glaciers in Iceland (∼3,400 km3 in 2019) corresponds to about 9 mm of potential global sea level rise. In this study, observations from 98.7% of glacier covered areas in Iceland (in 2019) are used to construct a record of mass change of Icelandic glaciers since the end of the 19th cent...