Seawater intrusion at the grounding line of Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland, from terrestrial radar interferometry

JH Kim, E Rignot, D Holland… - Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Jakobshavn Isbræ, a major outlet glacier in Greenland, lost its protective ice shelf in 2002
and has been speeding up and retreating since. We image its grounding line for the first time …

Extreme melting at Greenland's largest floating ice tongue

O Zeising, N Neckel, N Dörr, V Helm… - The …, 2024 - tc.copernicus.org
Abstract The 79° North Glacier (Nioghalvfjerdsbrae, 79NG) is one of three remaining
glaciers with a floating tongue in Greenland. Although the glacier has been considered …

Modes of Antarctic tidal grounding line migration revealed by ICESat-2 laser altimetry

BID Freer, OJ Marsh, AE Hogg, HA Fricker… - The Cryosphere …, 2023 - tc.copernicus.org
Short-term tidal grounding line (GL) migration in Antarctica can impact ice dynamics at the
ice sheet margins and obscures assessments of long-term GL advance or retreat. However …

Basal channels, ice thinning and grounding zone retreat at Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

AM Chartrand, IM Howat, IR Joughin… - …, 2024 - egusphere.copernicus.org
Antarctic ice shelves buttress the flow of the ice sheet, tempering sea level rise, but they are
vulnerable to basal melting from contact with the ocean, as well as mass loss due to fracture …

The Evolution and Impact of Kilometer-scale Melt Features in Antarctic Ice Shelves

AM Chartrand - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Ice shelves regulate ice sheet contribution to sea level rise by buttressing ice flow. Many ice
shelves around Antarctica are thinning and retreating, with the most significant changes …

An anthropogenic apocalypse awaits?

UK Menon - Amrita Journal of Medicine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Dear readers, have you checked the globe, or atlas, lately? Like a good medical practitioner,
it would be proper to have regular check‑ups, if for nothing else but to detect the gradually …