Simulated retreat of Jakobshavn Isbræ since the Little Ice Age controlled by geometry

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: N. Steiger, K. H. Nisancioglu, H. Åkesson, B. de Fleurian, F. M. Nick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: geo; envir; Greenland; Jakobshavn Isbræ; glacier; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2249-2018; https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/2249/2018/tc-12-2249-2018.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/3c9275f16bd243419250f50ad74bb63f

Rapid retreat of Greenland's marine-terminating glaciers coincides with regional warming trends, which have broadly been used to explain these rapid changes. However, outlet glaciers within similar climate regimes experience widely contrasting retreat patterns, suggesting that the local fjord g...