Accelerated contributions of Canada's Baffin and Bylot Island glaciers to sea level rise over the past half century

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: A. Gardner, G. Moholdt, A. Arendt, B. Wouters
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: geo; envir; Arctic; Barnes Ice Cap; Bylot Island; Greenland; Penny Ice Cap; Antarc*; Antarctica; Baffin; glacier; Ice cap; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1103-2012; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/6/1103/2012/tc-6-1103-2012.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/68f3a8ab29284b0c9b307169d49cc32d

Canadian Arctic glaciers have recently contributed large volumes of meltwater to the world's oceans. To place recently observed glacier wastage into a historical perspective and to determine the region's longer-term (~50 years) contribution to sea level, we estimate mass and volume changes...