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Ocean melting of the Zachariae Isstrøm and Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden glaciers, northeast Greenland

Zachariae Isstrøm (ZI) and Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden (79N) are marine-terminating glaciers in northeast Greenland that hold an ice volume equivalent to a 1.1-m global sea level rise. ZI lost its floating ice shelf, sped up, retreated at 650 m/y, and experienced a 5-gigaton/y mass loss. Glacier 79N has b...

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Autores principales: An, Lu, Rignot, Eric, Wood, Michael, Willis, Josh K., Mouginot, Jérémie, Khan, Shfaqat A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7812800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33372140
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2015483118