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Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2515-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2515-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
Research article
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31 Jul 2020
Research article |  | 31 Jul 2020

The contrasting response of outlet glaciers to interior and ocean forcing

John Erich Christian, Alexander A. Robel, Cristian Proistosescu, Gerard Roe, Michelle Koutnik, and Knut Christianson

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We use simple, physics-based models to compare how marine-terminating glaciers respond to changes at their marine margin vs. inland surface melt. Initial glacier retreat is more rapid for ocean changes than for inland changes, but in both cases, glaciers will continue responding for millennia. We analyze several implications of these differing pathways of change. In particular, natural ocean variability must be better understood to correctly identify the anthropogenic role in glacier retreat.
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