The unquantified mass loss of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers from 2000–2020

The unquantified mass loss of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers from 2000–2020

As glaciers terminate into the ocean, mass is lost through frontal ablation where the ice meets the ocean. Here the authors estimate decadal frontal ablation from 2000 to 2020 of 1496 glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere, and find that frontal ablation makes up 79% of ice discharge to the ocean.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: William Kochtitzky, Luke Copland, Wesley Van Wychen, Romain Hugonnet, Regine Hock, Julian A. Dowdeswell, Toby Benham, Tazio Strozzi, Andrey Glazovsky, Ivan Lavrentiev, David R. Rounce, Romain Millan, Alison Cook, Abigail Dalton, Hester Jiskoot, Jade Cooley, Jacek Jania, Francisco Navarro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33231-x

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33231-x

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