Simulated retreat of Jakobshavn Isbræ during the 21st century

• Main Authors: Guo, Xiaoran, Zhao, Liyun, Gladstone, Rupert R.M., Sun, Sainan, Moore, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Géologie et minéralogie; Econométrie et méthodes statistiques :théorie et applications; Jakobshavn Isbræ; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/298814; https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/298814/1/doi_282458.pdf

The early 21st century retreat of Jakobshavn Isbræ into its overdeepened bedrock trough was accompanied by acceleration to unprecedented ice stream speeds. Such dramatic changes suggested the possibility of substantial mass loss over the rest of this century. Here we use a three-dimensional ice shee...