Accelerating ice flow at the onset of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream

Affiliations

Aslak Grinsted: Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
Christine S. Hvidberg: Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
David A. Lilien: Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba
Nicholas M. Rathmann: Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
Nanna B. Karlsson: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Tamara Gerber: Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
Helle Astrid Kjær: Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
Paul Vallelonga: Oceans Graduate School, The University of Western Australia
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen: Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen

Abstract

A new study finds that the North East Greenland ice stream is not as stable as previously thought and that this will affect its future evolution.