Tidewater-glacier response to supraglacial lake drainage

The effect of increasing surface melt on annual discharge is unknown for the Greenland Ice Sheet. Here, the authors find that Greenland’s largest single-glacier contributor to sea-level rise accommodates basal floods following supraglacial lake-drainage events with limited impact on ice flow.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Laura A. Stevens, Meredith Nettles, James L. Davis, Timothy T. Creyts, Jonathan Kingslake, Ian J. Hewitt, Aaron Stubblefield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33763-2