A reconstruction of warm water inflow to Upernavik Isstrøm since AD 1925 and its relation to glacier retreat

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: Vermassen, Flor, Andreasen, Nanna, Wangner, David, Thibault, Nicolas, Seidenkrantz, Marit-Solveig, Jackson, Rebecca, Schmidt, Sabine, Kjær, Kurt, Andresen, Camilla
• Other Authors: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management Copenhagen (IGN), Faculty of Science Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH), Aarhus University Aarhus, Ohio State University Columbus (OSU), UMR 5805 Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux (EPOC), Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: climate change; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Greenland; Upernavik Isstrøm; glacier; Ice Sheet; Tidewater; Upernavik
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02357272; https://hal.science/hal-02357272/document; https://hal.science/hal-02357272/file/cp-15-1171-2019.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1171-2019

International audience The mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet has increased over the past 2 decades. Marine-terminating glaciers contribute significantly to this mass loss due to increased melting and ice discharge. Periods of rapid retreat of these tidewater glaciers have been linked to the con...