Recent advances in our understanding of the role of meltwater in the Greenland ice sheet system

• Published in: Current Climate Change Reports
• Main Authors: Nienow, P. W., Sole, A. J., Slater, Donald Alexander, Cowton, T. R.
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews. Bell-Edwards Geographic Data Institute
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Greenland ice sheet; Ice sheet hydrology; Ice dynamics; Tidewater glaciers; Sediment and solute fluxes; Ice sheet erosion; GE Environmental Sciences; QE Geology; SDG 13 - Climate Action; SDG 15 - Life on Land; GE; QE; Greenland; Ner; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/12102; https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-017-0083-9

Nienow, Sole and Cowton’s Greenland research has been supported by a number of UK NERC research grants (NER/O/S/2003/00620; NE/F021399/1; NE/H024964/1; NE/K015249/1; NE/K014609/1) and Slater has been supported by a NERC PhD studentship Purpose of the review: This review discusses the role that meltw...