The Cryosphere
The Cryosphere
The Cryosphere
Articles | Volume 13, issue 9
Articles | Volume 13, issue 9
The Cryosphere, 13, 2303–2315, 2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2303-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
The Cryosphere, 13, 2303–2315, 2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2303-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 9
Research article
05 Sep 2019
Research article | 05 Sep 2019

Impact of warming shelf waters on ice mélange and terminus retreat at a large SE Greenland glacier

Suzanne L. Bevan et al.

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Short summary
Kangerlussuaq Glacier in Greenland retreated significantly in the early 2000s and typified the response of calving glaciers to climate change. Satellite images show that it has recently retreated even further. The current retreat follows the appearance of extremely warm surface waters on the continental shelf during the summer of 2016, which likely entered the fjord and caused the rigid mass of sea ice and icebergs, which normally inhibits calving, to melt and break up.
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