Temporal constraints on future accumulation-area loss of a major Arctic ice cap due to climate change (Vestfonna, Svalbard)

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Möller, Marco, Schneider, Christoph
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
• Subjects: Article; Arctic; Svalbard; Vestfonna; Climate change; glacier; Global warming; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4308701; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25628045; https://doi.org/10.1038/srep08079

Arctic glaciers and ice caps are major contributors to past, present and future sea-level fluctuations. Continued global warming may eventually lead to the equilibrium line altitudes of these ice masses rising above their highest points, triggering unstoppable downwasting. This may feed future sea-l...