Ocean melting of the Zachariae Isstrøm and Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden glaciers, northeast Greenland

Zachariae Isstrøm (ZI) and Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden (79N) are marine-terminating glaciers in northeast Greenland that hold an ice volume equivalent to a 1.1-m global sea level rise. ZI lost its floating ice shelf, sped up, retreated at 650 m/y, and experienced a 5-gigaton/y mass loss. Glacier 79N has b...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Main Authors: An, Lu, Rignot, Eric, Wood, Michael, Willis, Josh K., Mouginot, Jérémie, Khan, Shfaqat A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2021
Subjects:
/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
name=SDG 13 - Climate Action
/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water
name=SDG 14 - Life Below Water
Greenland
Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden
Zachariae Isstrøm
glacier
Ice Sheet
Ice Shelf
Online Access:https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/c2cd2f5d-3477-401f-b52e-5fd2e63245e4
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2015483118
https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/237842297/e2015483118.full.pdf

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