Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Subglacial discharge controls seasonal variations in the thermal structure of a glacial lake in Patagonia

  • Shin Sugiyama,
  • Masahiro Minowa,
  • Yasushi Fukamachi,
  • Shuntaro Hata,
  • Yoshihiro Yamamoto,
  • Tobias Sauter,
  • Christoph Schneider,
  • Marius Schaefer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26578-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Thermal conditions and circulation near glacier fronts are important to understand the recent rapid retreat of calving glaciers. New observations from a glacial lake suggesting a feedback mechanism between atmospheric warming, glacier front melting and calving for freshwater-terminating glaciers.