Rapidly changing glaciers, ocean and coastal environments, and their impact on human society in the Qaanaaq region, northwestern Greenland
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Rapidly changing glaciers, ocean and coastal environments, and their impact on human society in the Qaanaaq region, northwestern Greenland. / Sugiyama, Shin; Kanna, Naoya; Sakakibara, Daiki; Ando, Takuto; Asaji, Izumi; Kondo, Ken; Wang, Yefan; Fujishi, Yoshiki; Fukumoto, Shungo; Podolskiy, Evgeniy; Fukamachi, Yasushi; Takahashi, Minori; Matoba, Sumito; Iizuka, Yoshinori; Greve, Ralf; Furuya, Masato; Tateyama, Kazutaka; Watanabe, Tatsuya; Yamasaki, Shintaro; Yamaguchi, Atsushi; Nishizawa, Bungo; Matsuno, Kohei; Nomura, Daiki; Sakuragi, Yuta; Matsumura, Yoshimasa; Ohashi, Yoshihiko; Aoki, Teruo; Niwano, Masashi; Hayashi, Naotaka; Minowa, Masahiro; Jouvet, Guillaume; van Dongen, Eef; Bauder, Andreas; Funk, Martin; Bjørk, Anders Anker; Oshima, Toku.
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T1 - Rapidly changing glaciers, ocean and coastal environments, and their impact on human society in the Qaanaaq region, northwestern Greenland
AU - Sugiyama, Shin
AU - Kanna, Naoya
AU - Sakakibara, Daiki
AU - Ando, Takuto
AU - Asaji, Izumi
AU - Kondo, Ken
AU - Wang, Yefan
AU - Fujishi, Yoshiki
AU - Fukumoto, Shungo
AU - Podolskiy, Evgeniy
AU - Fukamachi, Yasushi
AU - Takahashi, Minori
AU - Matoba, Sumito
AU - Iizuka, Yoshinori
AU - Greve, Ralf
AU - Furuya, Masato
AU - Tateyama, Kazutaka
AU - Watanabe, Tatsuya
AU - Yamasaki, Shintaro
AU - Yamaguchi, Atsushi
AU - Nishizawa, Bungo
AU - Matsuno, Kohei
AU - Nomura, Daiki
AU - Sakuragi, Yuta
AU - Matsumura, Yoshimasa
AU - Ohashi, Yoshihiko
AU - Aoki, Teruo
AU - Niwano, Masashi
AU - Hayashi, Naotaka
AU - Minowa, Masahiro
AU - Jouvet, Guillaume
AU - van Dongen, Eef
AU - Bauder, Andreas
AU - Funk, Martin
AU - Bjørk, Anders Anker
AU - Oshima, Toku
N1 - Funding Information: The authors thank GRENE and ArCS Greenland project members for their contributions in Qaanaaq. Kim Petersen and Sakiko Daorana provided assistance with field activities and workshops in Qaanaaq. Lene Kielsen Holm contributed to the session as part of Greenland Science Week 2019. David Qujaukeitsoq, Ilannguaq Karlsen and Pivinnguaq Morch acted as translators in the workshops. We thank Kumiko Goto-Azuma for handling the ArCS Theme 2 activity as the principal investigator. This study was funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology through the GRENE Arctic Climate Research Project, ArCS (Arctic Challenge for Sustainability) (Program Grant Number JPMXD1300000000) and ArCS II Projects (JPMXD1420318865). The study was partially supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI Grant Number JP16H02224. The research on Bowdoin Glacier was supported by Swiss National Science Foundation through the project ?Dynamic changes of tidewater outlet glaciers: Bowdoin glacier, Northwest Greenland? (SNSF Grant 200020_169558). Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Authors
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Environments along the coast of Greenland are rapidly changing under the influence of a warming climate in the Arctic. To better understand the changes in the coastal environments, we performed researches in the Qaanaaq region in northwestern Greenland as a part of the ArCS (Arctic Challenge for Sustainability) Project. Mass loss of ice caps and marine-terminating outlet glaciers were quantified by field and satellite observations. Measurements and sampling in fjords revealed the important role of glacial meltwater discharge in marine ecosystems. Flooding of a glacial stream in Qaanaaq and landslides in a nearby settlement were investigated to identify the drivers of the incidents. Our study observed rapid changes in the coastal environments, and their critical impact on the society in Qaanaaq. We organized workshops with the residents to absorb local and indigenous knowledge, as well as to share the results and data obtained in the project. Continuous effort towards obtaining long-term observations requiring involvement of local communities is crucial to contribute to a sustainable future in Greenland.
AB - Environments along the coast of Greenland are rapidly changing under the influence of a warming climate in the Arctic. To better understand the changes in the coastal environments, we performed researches in the Qaanaaq region in northwestern Greenland as a part of the ArCS (Arctic Challenge for Sustainability) Project. Mass loss of ice caps and marine-terminating outlet glaciers were quantified by field and satellite observations. Measurements and sampling in fjords revealed the important role of glacial meltwater discharge in marine ecosystems. Flooding of a glacial stream in Qaanaaq and landslides in a nearby settlement were investigated to identify the drivers of the incidents. Our study observed rapid changes in the coastal environments, and their critical impact on the society in Qaanaaq. We organized workshops with the residents to absorb local and indigenous knowledge, as well as to share the results and data obtained in the project. Continuous effort towards obtaining long-term observations requiring involvement of local communities is crucial to contribute to a sustainable future in Greenland.
KW - Glacier
KW - Greenland
KW - Marine ecosystem
KW - Natural hazard
KW - Ocean
U2 - 10.1016/j.polar.2020.100632
DO - 10.1016/j.polar.2020.100632
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85099539090
VL - 27
JO - Polar Science
JF - Polar Science
SN - 1873-9652
M1 - 100632
ER -
ID: 273378432