Was there a 1930s Meltdown of Greenland Glaciers?
Winner of 2007 Libraries Undergraduate Research Prize. Student research paper and accompanying research journal for Geography 693, Independent Study. Instructor: Jason Box. Librarians: Stephen Rogers (Maps) and Lynn Lay (Polar Research Center). While recent climate warming is hypothesized to have ca...
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ftohiostateu:oai:kb.osu.edu:1811/32297 2023-05-15T15:02:27+02:00 Was there a 1930s Meltdown of Greenland Glaciers? Herrington, Adam 2007 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1811/32297 en_US eng Ohio State University. Libraries Ohio State University Libraries. Undergraduate Research Prize. 2007 http://hdl.handle.net/1811/32297 climate warming glaciers Other 2007 ftohiostateu 2020-08-22T19:22:16Z Winner of 2007 Libraries Undergraduate Research Prize. Student research paper and accompanying research journal for Geography 693, Independent Study. Instructor: Jason Box. Librarians: Stephen Rogers (Maps) and Lynn Lay (Polar Research Center). While recent climate warming is hypothesized to have caused acceleration of Greenland ice sheet outlet glaciers, 1920s through 1940s temperature anomalies were at least as equal in magnitude yet observations have not been compiled to confirm a 1930s meltdown. Mining The Ohio State University Libraries, this work compiles historical observations of glacier front positions and surface velocities from maps, photographs and other documentary evidence from mid 19th century Arctic expeditions. Of the glaciers reviewed, an acceleration and retreat indeed occurred during the 1920s warm period. The research put forth is thus consistent with a dynamical response in Greenland’s outlet glaciers to the “roaring twenties” warming. Other/Unknown Material Arctic glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Ohio State University (OSU): Knowledge Bank Arctic Greenland |
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Winner of 2007 Libraries Undergraduate Research Prize. Student research paper and accompanying research journal for Geography 693, Independent Study. Instructor: Jason Box. Librarians: Stephen Rogers (Maps) and Lynn Lay (Polar Research Center). While recent climate warming is hypothesized to have caused acceleration of Greenland ice sheet outlet glaciers, 1920s through 1940s temperature anomalies were at least as equal in magnitude yet observations have not been compiled to confirm a 1930s meltdown. Mining The Ohio State University Libraries, this work compiles historical observations of glacier front positions and surface velocities from maps, photographs and other documentary evidence from mid 19th century Arctic expeditions. Of the glaciers reviewed, an acceleration and retreat indeed occurred during the 1920s warm period. The research put forth is thus consistent with a dynamical response in Greenland’s outlet glaciers to the “roaring twenties” warming. |
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