Retreat of Humboldt Gletscher, North Greenland, driven by undercutting from a warmer ocean

• Main Authors: Rignot, Eric, An, Lu, Chauché, Nolwenn, Morlighem, Mathieu, Jeong, Seongsu, Wood, Michael, Mouginot, Jeremie, Willis, Joshua, Klaucke, Ingo, Weinrebe, Wilhelm, Muenchow, Andreas
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Glaciology; sea level; mass balance; bathymetry; Physical Oceanography; glacier; Greenland; Humboldt gletscher; Ice Sheet; North Greenland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7280/D1D39G

Humboldt Gletscher is a 100-km wide, slow-moving glacier in north Greenland which holds a 19-cm global sea level equivalent. Humboldt has been the fourth largest contributor to sea level rise since 1972 but the cause of its mass loss has not been elucidated. Multi-beam echo sounding data collected i...