Large ice loss variability at Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden Glacier, Northeast-Greenland

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Mayer, Christoph, Schaffer, Janin, Hattermann, Tore, Floricioiu, Dana, Krieger, Lukas, Dodd, Paul A., Kanzow, Torsten, Licciulli, Carlo, Schannwell, Clemens
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
• Subjects: Article; Greenland; Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050287/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018326; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05180-x

Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden is a major outlet glacier in Northeast-Greenland. Although earlier studies showed that the floating part near the grounding line thinned by 30% between 1999 and 2014, the temporal ice loss evolution, its relation to external forcing and the implications for the grounded ice she...