Detailed quantification of glacier elevation and mass changes in South Georgia

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Farias-Barahona, David, Sommer, Christian, Sauter, Tobias, Bannister, Daniel, Seehaus, Thorsten C., Malz, Philipp, Casassa, Gino, Mayewski, Paul A., Turton, Jenny A., Braun, Matthias H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing Ltd 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Georgia Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526564/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526564/1/Farias-Barahona_2020_Detailed.pdf; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6b32/pdf

Most glaciers in South America and on the Antarctic Peninsula are retreating and thinning. They are considered strong contributors to global sea level rise. However, there is a lack of glacier mass balance studies in other areas of the Southern Hemisphere, such as the surrounding Antarctic Islands....