Remote Sensing Mass Loss of Ice Sheet Outlet Glaciers: Comparing Greenland and Antarctic Outlet Glaciers

• Main Author: Hehlen, Mark E
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: UVM ScholarWorks 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Buttress; Greenland; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/src/2021/climatechange/4

The world’s ice sheets hold 69% of the world’s freshwater, and polar regions are warming at an accelerated rate threatening sea level rise that will affect millions over the 21st century. According to the 2019 International Panel on Climate Change, combined ice sheet mass loss is around 450 gigatons...