Recent glacier change (1965 - 2021) and identification of surge-type glaciers on Severnaya Zemlya, Russian High Arctic

• Main Author: WYTIAHLOWSKY, HOLLY,ELIZABETH
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Glaciology; Glaciers; Remote Sensing; Arctic; Russia; Climate Change; Geomorphology; Glacier Surging; Kara Sea; Severnaya Zemlya; Climate change; glacier; Novaya Zemlya
• Online Access: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/14855/; http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/14855/1/Final_Ethesis_Wytiahlowsky_H.pdf; http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/14855/2/Supplementary_Data_SZ.xlsx; http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/14855/3/Active_surge_phase_glacier_105.gif

Glaciers in the Russian High Arctic are rapidly losing mass due to strong atmospheric and oceanic warming of the Barents-Kara Sea region. However, most studies have concentrated on Novaya Zemlya, despite a 29% acceleration in mass loss on Severnaya Zemlya (SZ) in the past decade (2003-2009 to 2010-2...