North Atlantic warming and the retreat of Greenland's outlet glaciers

F Straneo, P Heimbach - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet quadrupled over the past two decades, contributing
a quarter of the observed global sea-level rise. Increased submarine melting is thought to …

Future sea-level rise from Greenland's main outlet glaciers in a warming climate

FM Nick, A Vieli, ML Andersen, I Joughin, A Payne… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Over the past decade, ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet increased as a result of both
increased surface melting and ice discharge to the ocean,. The latter is controlled by the …

Mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2018

Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Greenland Ice Sheet has been a major contributor to global sea-level rise in
recent decades,, and it is expected to continue to be so. Although increases in glacier flow …

Extensive inland thinning and speed-up of Northeast Greenland Ice Stream

SA Khan, Y Choi, M Morlighem, E Rignot, V Helm… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Over the past two decades, ice loss from the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) has increased
owing to enhanced surface melting and ice discharge to the ocean,,,–. Whether continuing …

A persistent and dynamic East Greenland Ice Sheet over the past 7.5 million years

PR Bierman, JD Shakun, LB Corbett, SR Zimmerman… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Climate models show that ice-sheet melt will dominate sea-level rise over the coming
centuries, but our understanding of ice-sheet variations before the last interglacial 125,000 …

Acceleration of Greenland ice mass loss in spring 2004

I Velicogna, J Wahr - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Abstract In 2001 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projected the contribution
to sea level rise from the Greenland ice sheet to be between-0.02 and+ 0.09 m from 1990 to …

Modern temperatures in central–north Greenland warmest in past millennium

M Hörhold, T Münch, S Weißbach, S Kipfstuhl, J Freitag… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Greenland Ice Sheet has a central role in the global climate system owing to its
size, radiative effects and freshwater storage, and as a potential tipping point. Weather …

Aerial photographs reveal late–20th-century dynamic ice loss in northwestern Greenland

KH Kjær, SA Khan, NJ Korsgaard, J Wahr, JL Bamber… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Global warming is predicted to have a profound impact on the Greenland Ice Sheet and its
contribution to global sea-level rise. Recent mass loss in the northwest of Greenland has …

Threatened loss of the Greenland ice-sheet

JM Gregory, P Huybrechts, SCB Raper - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
The Greenland ice-sheet would melt faster in a warmer climate and is likely to be eliminated—
except for residual glaciers in the mountains—if the annual average temperature in …

Ubiquitous acceleration in Greenland Ice Sheet calving from 1985 to 2022

CA Greene, AS Gardner, M Wood, JK Cuzzone - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Nearly every glacier in Greenland has thinned or retreated over the past few decades,,–,
leading to glacier acceleration, increased rates of sea-level rise and climate impacts around …