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A tipping point in refreezing accelerates mass loss of Greenland's glaciers and ice caps

Melting of the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) and its peripheral glaciers and ice caps (GICs) contributes about 43% to contemporary sea level rise. While patterns of GrIS mass loss are well studied, the spatial and temporal evolution of GICs mass loss and the acting processes have remained unclear. Here...

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Autores principales: Noël, B., van de Berg, W. J, Lhermitte, S., Wouters, B., Machguth, H., Howat, I., Citterio, M., Moholdt, G., Lenaerts, J. T. M., van den Broeke, M. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5380968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28361871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14730