Climate change is rapidly deteriorating the climatic signal in Svalbard glaciers

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: A. Spolaor, F. Scoto, C. Larose, E. Barbaro, F. Burgay, M. P. Bjorkman, D. Cappelletti, F. Dallo, F. de Blasi, D. Divine, G. Dreossi, J. Gabrieli, E. Isaksson, J. Kohler, T. Martma, L. S. Schmidt, T. V. Schuler, B. Stenni, C. Turetta, B. Luks, M. Casado, J.-C. Gallet
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2024
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Holtedahlfonna; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Climate change; glacier; North Atlantic; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-307-2024; https://doaj.org/article/f6d1716dcd5f415086dff9eb6327af56

The Svalbard archipelago is particularly sensitive to climate change due to the relatively low altitude of its main ice fields and its geographical location in the higher North Atlantic, where the effect of Arctic amplification is more significant. The largest temperature increases have been observe...