Decadal slowdown of a land-terminating sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet despite warming

Identifier

911.2

Title

Decadal slowdown of a land-terminating sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet despite warming

Description

Whether or not an increase in meltwater will make ice sheets move more quickly has been contentious, because water lubricates the ice–rock interface and speeds up the ice, but also stimulates the development of efficient drainage; now, a long-term and large-area study of a land-terminating margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet finds that more meltwater does not equal higher velocity.

Source

Nature
Vol. 526
No. 7575

Publisher

Nature

Date

29.10.2015

Format

PDF

Language

English

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Files

nature15722.pdf

Citation

Andrew J. Tedstone, Peter W. Nienow, Noel Gourmelen, Amaury Dehecq, Daniel Goldberg & Edward Hanna, “Decadal slowdown of a land-terminating sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet despite warming,” Uwekind Resource Centre, accessed October 13, 2026, https://library.uwekind.com/items/show/302.