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Articles | Volume 19, issue 5
Articles | Volume 19, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1775-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1775-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 5
Research article
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08 May 2025
Research article |  | 08 May 2025

Disentangling the oceanic drivers behind the post-2000 retreat of Sermeq Kujalleq, Greenland (Jakobshavn Isbræ)

Ziad Rashed, Alexander A. Robel, and Hélène Seroussi

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Sermeq Kujalleq, Greenland's largest glacier, has significantly retreated since the late 1990s in response to warming ocean temperatures. Using a large-ensemble approach, our simulations show that the retreat is mainly initiated by the arrival of warm water but sustained and accelerated by the glacier's position over deeper bed troughs and vigorous calving. We highlight the need for models of ice mélange to project glacier behavior under rapid calving regimes.
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