Ocean forcing drives glacier retreat in Greenland

Authors: Michael Wood, Eric Rignot, Ian Fenty, Lu An, Anders Bjørk, Michiel van den Broeke, Cilan Cai, Emily Kane, Dimitris Menemenlis, Romain Millan, Mathieu Morlighem, Jeremie Mouginot, Brice Noël, Bernd Scheuchl, Isabella Velicogna, Josh K. Willis, Hong Zhang

Published: 2021-01-01

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba7282

Source: Full article


Abstract

Many Greenland glaciers have been attacked by the ocean from below and, in turn, contributed to sea-level rise from the ice sheet.