Glacial Outburst Floods Responsible for Major Environmental Shift in Arctic Coastal Catchment, Rekvedbukta, Albert I Land, Svalbard

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Aleksandra Wołoszyn, Zofia Owczarek, Iwo Wieczorek, Marek Kasprzak, Mateusz C. Strzelecki
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: coastal lagoon; shoreline changes; Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS); glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs); coastal catchment; Arctic; Albert I Land; Glacial Lake; Svalbard; Climate change
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14246325

Small Arctic coastal catchments and coastal lagoon systems are some of the most vulnerable to climate change. Glacial retreat and the development of glacial lakes and drainage systems provide opportunities for hazardous events such as GLOFs. We observe that the stability of lagoons and their associa...