Nature Communications (Nov 2020)
Centennial response of Greenland’s three largest outlet glaciers
- Shfaqat A. Khan,
- Anders A. Bjørk,
- Jonathan L. Bamber,
- Mathieu Morlighem,
- Michael Bevis,
- Kurt H. Kjær,
- Jérémie Mouginot,
- Anja Løkkegaard,
- David M. Holland,
- Andy Aschwanden,
- Bao Zhang,
- Veit Helm,
- Niels J. Korsgaard,
- William Colgan,
- Nicolaj K. Larsen,
- Lin Liu,
- Karina Hansen,
- Valentina Barletta,
- Trine S. Dahl-Jensen,
- Anne Sofie Søndergaard,
- Beata M. Csatho,
- Ingo Sasgen,
- Jason Box,
- Toni Schenk
Affiliations
- Shfaqat A. Khan
- DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark
- Anders A. Bjørk
- University of Copenhagen
- Jonathan L. Bamber
- Bristol Glaciology Centre, University of Bristol
- Mathieu Morlighem
- Department of Earth System Science, University of California
- Michael Bevis
- School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University
- Kurt H. Kjær
- Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen
- Jérémie Mouginot
- Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement, Université Grenoble Alpes
- Anja Løkkegaard
- DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark
- David M. Holland
- Center for global Sea Level Change, New York University Abu Dhabi
- Andy Aschwanden
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Bao Zhang
- School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University
- Veit Helm
- Glaciology Section, Alfred Wegener Institute
- Niels J. Korsgaard
- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
- William Colgan
- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
- Nicolaj K. Larsen
- Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen
- Lin Liu
- Earth System Science Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Karina Hansen
- DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark
- Valentina Barletta
- DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark
- Trine S. Dahl-Jensen
- DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark
- Anne Sofie Søndergaard
- Department for Geoscience, Aarhus University
- Beata M. Csatho
- Department of Geology, University at Buffalo
- Ingo Sasgen
- Glaciology Section, Alfred Wegener Institute
- Jason Box
- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
- Toni Schenk
- Department of Geology, University at Buffalo
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19580-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
The Greenland Ice Sheet is the largest land ice contributor to sea level rise and understanding the long-term glacier response to external forcing is key to improved projections. Here the authors show Greenland’s three largest outlet glaciers will likely exceed current worst-case scenario