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Brief communication: Increased glacier mass loss in the Russian High Arctic (2010–2017)
Institut für Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Thorsten Seehaus
Institut für Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Andrey Glazovsky
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119017, Russia
Matthias H. Braun
Institut für Geographie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Atmospheric-river-induced foehn events drain glaciers on Novaya Zemlya J. Haacker et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51404-8
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Short summary
Arctic glaciers have been subject to extensive warming due to global climate change, yet their contribution to sea level rise has been relatively small in the past. In this study we provide mass changes of most glaciers of the Russian High Arctic (Franz Josef Land, Severnaya Zemlya, Novaya Zemlya). We use TanDEM-X satellite measurements to derive glacier surface elevation changes. Our results show an increase in glacier mass loss and a sea level rise contribution of 0.06 mm/a (2010–2017).
Arctic glaciers have been subject to extensive warming due to global climate change, yet their...