Ocean forcing drives glacier retreat in Greenland

Many Greenland glaciers have been attacked by the ocean from below and, in turn, contributed to sea-level rise from the ice sheet. The retreat and acceleration of Greenland glaciers since the mid-1990s have been attributed to the enhanced intrusion of warm Atlantic Waters (AW) into fjords, but this...

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Published in:	Science advances Vol. 7; no. 1
Main Authors:	Wood, Michael, Rignot, Eric, Fenty, Ian, An, Lu, Bjørk, Anders, van den Broeke, Michiel, Cai, Cilan, Kane, Emily, Menemenlis, Dimitris, Millan, Romain, Morlighem, Mathieu, Mouginot, Jeremie, Noël, Brice, Scheuchl, Bernd, Velicogna, Isabella, Willis, Josh K., Zhang, Hong
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 01.01.2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science
Subjects:	Atlantic water Continental interfaces, environment Earth sciences & physical geography Environmental Sciences Geophysics Glacier retreat Ice sheet Ice shelves In-situ observations Mass loss Multidisciplinary Ocean model Oceanography Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences Physique, chimie, mathématiques & sciences de la terre SciAdv r-articles Sciences de la terre & géographie physique Sciences of the Universe Shallow waters
ISSN:	2375-2548, 2375-2548
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