Return to rapid ice loss in Greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the GRACE-FO satellites

Ingo Sasgen; Bert Wouters; Alex S. Gardner; Michalea D. King; Marco Tedesco; Felix W. Landerer; Christoph Dahle; Himanshu Save; Xavier Fettweis

doi:10.1038/s43247-020-0010-1

Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2020)

Return to rapid ice loss in Greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the GRACE-FO satellites

Ingo Sasgen,
Bert Wouters,
Alex S. Gardner,
Michalea D. King,
Marco Tedesco,
Felix W. Landerer,
Christoph Dahle,
Himanshu Save,
Xavier Fettweis

Affiliations

Ingo Sasgen: Division of Glaciology, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Bert Wouters: Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht, Utrecht University
Alex S. Gardner: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Michalea D. King: School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
Marco Tedesco: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Felix W. Landerer: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Christoph Dahle: Department of Geodesy, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg
Himanshu Save: Center for Space Research at The University of Texas
Xavier Fettweis: Department of Geography, SPHERES research unit, University of Liège

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-0010-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet returned to record levels in 2019, following unusually small loss in 2017-18, according to an analysis of satellite data from GRACE and its follow-on mission GRACE-FO.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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