Greenland-wide accelerated retreat of peripheral glaciers in the twenty-first century

L. J. Larocca (), M. Twining–Ward, Y. Axford, A. D. Schweinsberg, S. H. Larsen, A. Westergaard–Nielsen, G. Luetzenburg, J. P. Briner, K. K. Kjeldsen and A. A. Bjørk
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L. J. Larocca: Northwestern University
M. Twining–Ward: University of Copenhagen
Y. Axford: Northwestern University
A. D. Schweinsberg: University at Buffalo
S. H. Larsen: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
A. Westergaard–Nielsen: University of Copenhagen
G. Luetzenburg: University of Copenhagen
J. P. Briner: University at Buffalo
K. K. Kjeldsen: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
A. A. Bjørk: University of Copenhagen

Nature Climate Change, 2023, vol. 13, issue 12, 1324-1328

Abstract: Abstract The long-term response of Greenland’s peripheral glaciers to climate change is widely undocumented. Here we use historical aerial photographs and satellite imagery to document length fluctuations of >1,000 land-terminating peripheral glaciers in Greenland over more than a century. We find that their rate of retreat over the last two decades is double that of the twentieth century, indicating a ubiquitous transition into a new, accelerated state of downwasting.

Date: 2023
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