Thinning leads to calving-style changes at Bowdoin Glacier, Greenland

• Main Authors: van Dongen, Eef, id_orcid:0 000-0002-4290-3887, Jouvet, Guillaume, Sugiyama, Shin, Podolskiy, Evgeny A., Funk, Martin, Benn, Douglas I., Lindner, Fabian, Bauder, Andreas, Seguinot, Julien, id_orcid:0 000-0002-5315-0761, Leinss, Silvan, id_orcid:0 000-0002-4467-5793, Walter, Fabian Thomas, id_orcid:0 000-0001-6952-2761
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus 2021
• Subjects: Bowdoin; Greenland; glacier; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/470651; https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000470651

Ice mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet is the largest single contributor to sea level rise in the 21st century. The mass loss rate has accelerated in recent decades mainly due to thinning and retreat of its outlet glaciers. The diverse calving mechanisms responsible for tidewater glacier retreat...