Greenland ice sheet hydrology: A review

VW Chu - Progress in Physical Geography, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Understanding Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) hydrology is essential for evaluating response of
ice dynamics to a warming climate and future contributions to global sea level rise. Recently …

Biodegradation of marine oil spills in the Arctic with a Greenland perspective

L Vergeynst, S Wegeberg, J Aamand, P Lassen… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
New economic developments in the Arctic, such as ship** and oil exploitation, bring along
unprecedented risks of marine oil spills. Microorganisms have played a central role in …

[HTML][HTML] How does glacier discharge affect marine biogeochemistry and primary production in the Arctic?

MJ Hopwood, D Carroll, T Dunse, A Hodson… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Freshwater discharge from glaciers is increasing across the Arctic in response to
anthropogenic climate change, which raises questions about the potential downstream …

Non-linear response of summertime marine productivity to increased meltwater discharge around Greenland

MJ Hopwood, D Carroll, TJ Browning, L Meire… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is thought to enhance marine
productivity by adding bioessential iron and silicic acid to coastal waters. However …

Substantial export of suspended sediment to the global oceans from glacial erosion in Greenland

I Overeem, BD Hudson, JPM Syvitski, AB Mikkelsen… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Limited measurements along Greenland's remote coastline hamper quantification of the
sediment and associated nutrients draining the Greenland ice sheet, despite the potential …

Toward improved accuracy of remote sensing approaches for quantifying suspended sediment: Implications for suspended‐sediment monitoring

EN Dethier, CE Renshaw… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Because of the high logistical and financial costs of direct measurements of riverine
suspended sediment, remote sensing is increasingly used to supplement the direct …

Upwelling of macronutrients and dissolved inorganic carbon by a subglacial freshwater driven plume in Bowdoin Fjord, northwestern Greenland

N Kanna, S Sugiyama, Y Ohashi… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In Greenland, tidewater glaciers discharge turbid subglacial freshwater into fjords, forming a
plume near the calving front. To elucidate the effects of this discharge on nutrient and …

Sediment‐rich meltwater plumes and ice‐proximal fans at the margins of modern and ancient tidewater glaciers: Observations and modelling

JA Dowdeswell, KA Hogan, NS Arnold… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Turbid meltwater plumes and ice‐proximal fans occur where subglacial streams reach the
grounded marine margins of modern and ancient tidewater glaciers. However, the spacing …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring and classification of high Arctic lakes in the Svalbard Islands using remote sensing

JA Urbański - International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Arctic lakes are an essential element of the environment. This study inventoried and
classified lakes on three of the Svalbard Islands (Spitsbergen, Barentsøya, and Edgeøya) …

Projections of historical and 21st century fluvial sediment delivery to the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna, Mahanadi, and Volta deltas

FE Dunn, RJ Nicholls, SE Darby, S Cohen… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Regular sediment inputs are required for deltas to maintain their surface elevation relative to
sea level, which is important for avoiding salinization, erosion, and flooding. However, fluvial …