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Delta progradation in Greenland driven by increasing glacial mass loss

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  • Mette Bendixen

    (Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), University of Copenhagen)

  • Lars Lønsmann Iversen

    (Freshwater Biology, University of Copenhagen)

  • Anders Anker Bjørk

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
    University of California Irvine
    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

  • Bo Elberling

    (Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), University of Copenhagen)

  • Andreas Westergaard-Nielsen

    (Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), University of Copenhagen)

  • Irina Overeem

    (Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado)

  • Katy R. Barnhart

    (University of Colorado)

  • Shfaqat Abbas Khan

    (DTU Space, National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark)

  • Jason E. Box

    (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS))

  • Jakob Abermann

    (Asiaq Greenland Survey)

  • Kirsty Langley

    (Asiaq Greenland Survey)

  • Aart Kroon

    (Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), University of Copenhagen)

Abstract

Climate change has the potential to erode coastlines, but a rediscovered archive of aerial photographs from the Second World War shows that in southern Greenland, deltas have recently extended seaward.

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  • Mette Bendixen & Lars Lønsmann Iversen & Anders Anker Bjørk & Bo Elberling & Andreas Westergaard-Nielsen & Irina Overeem & Katy R. Barnhart & Shfaqat Abbas Khan & Jason E. Box & Jakob Abermann & Kirst, 2017. "Delta progradation in Greenland driven by increasing glacial mass loss," Nature, Nature, vol. 550(7674), pages 101-104, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:550:y:2017:i:7674:d:10.1038_nature23873
    DOI: 10.1038/nature23873
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    1. Camilla S. Andresen & Nanna B. Karlsson & Fiammetta Straneo & Sabine Schmidt & Thorbjørn J. Andersen & Emily F. Eidam & Anders A. Bjørk & Nicolas Dartiguemalle & Laurence M. Dyke & Flor Vermassen & Id, 2024. "Sediment discharge from Greenland’s marine-terminating glaciers is linked with surface melt," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.

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