Landscape–seascape dynamics in the isthmus between Sørkapp Land and the rest of Spitsbergen: Will a new big Arctic island form?

• Published in: AMBIO
• Main Authors: Ziaja, Wieslaw, Ostafin, Krzysztof
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Netherlands 2014
• Subjects: Report; Arctic; Arctic Island; Sørkapp Land; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4392015; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25384599; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-014-0572-1

Transformation of the glaciated isthmus between Sørkapp Land and the rest of Spitsbergen since 1900 is described. The landscape–seascape dynamics depends on the glacial recession determined by climate warming after the Little Ice Age (i.e., since the beginning of the twentieth century, and especiall...