Mass Loss of Glaciers and Ice Caps Across Greenland Since the Little Ice Age

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Mass Loss of Glaciers and Ice Caps Across Greenland Since the Little Ice Age. / Carrivick, Jonathan L.; Boston, Clare M.; Sutherland, Jenna L.; Pearce, Danni; Armstrong, Hugo; Bjørk, Anders; Kjeldsen, Kristian K.; Abermann, Jakob; Oien, Rachel P.; Grimes, Michael; James, William H.M.; Smith, Mark W.

I: Geophysical Research Letters, Bind 50, Nr. 10, e2023GL103950, 2023.

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Carrivick, JL, Boston, CM, Sutherland, JL, Pearce, D, Armstrong, H, Bjørk, A, Kjeldsen, KK, Abermann, J, Oien, RP, Grimes, M, James, WHM & Smith, MW 2023, 'Mass Loss of Glaciers and Ice Caps Across Greenland Since the Little Ice Age', Geophysical Research Letters, bind 50, nr. 10, e2023GL103950. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103950

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Carrivick, J. L., Boston, C. M., Sutherland, J. L., Pearce, D., Armstrong, H., Bjørk, A., Kjeldsen, K. K., Abermann, J., Oien, R. P., Grimes, M., James, W. H. M., & Smith, M. W. (2023). Mass Loss of Glaciers and Ice Caps Across Greenland Since the Little Ice Age. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(10), [e2023GL103950]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103950

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Carrivick JL, Boston CM, Sutherland JL, Pearce D, Armstrong H, Bjørk A o.a. Mass Loss of Glaciers and Ice Caps Across Greenland Since the Little Ice Age. Geophysical Research Letters. 2023;50(10). e2023GL103950. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103950

Author

Carrivick, Jonathan L. ; Boston, Clare M. ; Sutherland, Jenna L. ; Pearce, Danni ; Armstrong, Hugo ; Bjørk, Anders ; Kjeldsen, Kristian K. ; Abermann, Jakob ; Oien, Rachel P. ; Grimes, Michael ; James, William H.M. ; Smith, Mark W. / Mass Loss of Glaciers and Ice Caps Across Greenland Since the Little Ice Age. I: Geophysical Research Letters. 2023 ; Bind 50, Nr. 10.

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title = "Mass Loss of Glaciers and Ice Caps Across Greenland Since the Little Ice Age",
abstract = "Glaciers and ice caps (GICs) are important contributors of meltwater runoff and to global sea level rise. However, knowledge of GIC mass changes is largely restricted to the last few decades. Here we show the extent of 5327 Greenland GICs during Little Ice Age (LIA) termination (1900) and reveal that they have fragmented into 5467 glaciers in 2001, losing at least 587 km3 from their ablation areas, equating to 499 Gt at a rate of 4.34 Gt yr−1. We estimate that the long-term mean mass balance in glacier ablation areas has been at least −0.18 to −0.22 m w.e. yr−1 and note the rate between 2000 and 2019 has been three times that. Glaciers with ice-marginal lakes formed since the LIA termination have had the fastest changing mass balance. Considerable spatial variability in glacier changes suggest compounding regional and local factors present challenges for understanding glacier evolution.",
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RIS

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AU - Carrivick, Jonathan L.

AU - Boston, Clare M.

AU - Sutherland, Jenna L.

AU - Pearce, Danni

AU - Armstrong, Hugo

AU - Bjørk, Anders

AU - Kjeldsen, Kristian K.

AU - Abermann, Jakob

AU - Oien, Rachel P.

AU - Grimes, Michael

AU - James, William H.M.

AU - Smith, Mark W.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023. The Authors.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - Glaciers and ice caps (GICs) are important contributors of meltwater runoff and to global sea level rise. However, knowledge of GIC mass changes is largely restricted to the last few decades. Here we show the extent of 5327 Greenland GICs during Little Ice Age (LIA) termination (1900) and reveal that they have fragmented into 5467 glaciers in 2001, losing at least 587 km3 from their ablation areas, equating to 499 Gt at a rate of 4.34 Gt yr−1. We estimate that the long-term mean mass balance in glacier ablation areas has been at least −0.18 to −0.22 m w.e. yr−1 and note the rate between 2000 and 2019 has been three times that. Glaciers with ice-marginal lakes formed since the LIA termination have had the fastest changing mass balance. Considerable spatial variability in glacier changes suggest compounding regional and local factors present challenges for understanding glacier evolution.

AB - Glaciers and ice caps (GICs) are important contributors of meltwater runoff and to global sea level rise. However, knowledge of GIC mass changes is largely restricted to the last few decades. Here we show the extent of 5327 Greenland GICs during Little Ice Age (LIA) termination (1900) and reveal that they have fragmented into 5467 glaciers in 2001, losing at least 587 km3 from their ablation areas, equating to 499 Gt at a rate of 4.34 Gt yr−1. We estimate that the long-term mean mass balance in glacier ablation areas has been at least −0.18 to −0.22 m w.e. yr−1 and note the rate between 2000 and 2019 has been three times that. Glaciers with ice-marginal lakes formed since the LIA termination have had the fastest changing mass balance. Considerable spatial variability in glacier changes suggest compounding regional and local factors present challenges for understanding glacier evolution.

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KW - Greenland

KW - ice cap

KW - Little Ice Age

KW - meltwater

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DO - 10.1029/2023GL103950

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JO - Geophysical Research Letters

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