Greenland Subglacial Discharge as a Driver of Hotspots of Increasing Coastal Chlorophyll Since the Early 2000s

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Oliver, Hilde, Slater, Donald, Carroll, Dustin, Wood, Michael, Morlighem, Mathieu, Hopwood, Mark J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: SJSU ScholarWorks 2023
• Subjects: Moss Landing Marine Laboratories; Greenland; Jakobshavn Isbræ; Disko Bay; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/faculty_rsca/3900; https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102689; https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/context/faculty_rsca/article/4899/viewcontent/Greenland_20Subglacial_20Discharge_20as_20a_20Driver_20of_20Hotspots_20of_20Increasing_20Coastal_20Chlorophyll_20Since_20the_20Early_202000s.pdf

Subglacial discharge emerging from the base of Greenland's marine-terminating glaciers drives upwelling of nutrient-rich bottom waters to the euphotic zone, which can fuel nitrate-limited phytoplankton growth. Here, we use buoyant plume theory to quantify this subglacial discharge-driven nutrie...