Subglacial lakes and their changing role in a warming climate

• Published in: Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
• Main Authors: Livingstone, SJ, Li, Y, Rutishauser, A, Sanderson, RJ, Winter, K, Mikucki, JA, Bjornsson, H, Bowling, JS, Chu, W, Dow, CF, Fricker, HA, McMillan, M, Ng, FSL, Ross, N, Siegert, MJ, Siegfried, M, Sole, AJ
• Other Authors: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), British Council (UK)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Research 2021
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Physical Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Geology; GREENLAND ICE-SHEET; BENEATH THWAITES GLACIER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; NOVEMBER 1996 JOKULHLAUP; FRESH-WATER DISCHARGE; SEA-LEVEL RISE; WEST ANTARCTICA; OUTBURST FLOODS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; SEISMIC OBSERVATIONS; KENNICOTT GLACIER; Devon Ice Cap; Greenland; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; Ice cap; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/93683; https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-021-00246-9

Subglacial lakes are repositories of ancient climate conditions, provide habitats for life and modulate ice flow, basal hydrology, biogeochemical fluxes and geomorphic activity. In this Review, we construct the first global inventory of subglacial lakes (773 in total), which includes 675 from Antarc...