Ocean melting of the Zachariae Isstrøm and Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden glaciers, northeast Greenland
International audience Zachariae Isstrøm (ZI) and Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden (79N) are marine-terminating glaciers in northeast Greenland that hold an ice volume equivalent to a 1.1-m global sea level rise. ZI lost its floating ice shelf, sped up, retreated at 650 m/y, and experienced a 5-gigaton/y mass...
Published in: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2020
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2015483118 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03403514 |