A review of the role of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in Atlantic multidecadal variability and associated climate impacts

R Zhang, R Sutton, G Danabasoglu… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
By synthesizing recent studies employing a wide range of approaches (modern
observations, paleo reconstructions, and climate model simulations), this paper provides a …

Earth's ice imbalance

T Slater, IR Lawrence, IN Otosaka… - The Cryosphere …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
We combine satellite observations and numerical models to show that Earth lost 28 trillion
tonnes of ice between 1994 and 2017. Arctic sea ice (7.6 trillion tonnes), Antarctic ice …

Mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2018

Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Greenland Ice Sheet has been a major contributor to global sea-level rise in
recent decades,, and it is expected to continue to be so. Although increases in glacier flow …

Dynamic ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet driven by sustained glacier retreat

MD King, IM Howat, SG Candela, MJ Noh… - … Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Greenland Ice Sheet is losing mass at accelerated rates in the 21st century,
making it the largest single contributor to rising sea levels. Faster flow of outlet glaciers has …

Evolving understanding of Antarctic ice‐sheet physics and ambiguity in probabilistic sea‐level projections

RE Kopp, RM DeConto, DA Bader, CC Hay… - Earth's …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanisms such as ice‐shelf hydrofracturing and ice‐cliff collapse may rapidly increase
discharge from marine‐based ice sheets. Here, we link a probabilistic framework for sea …

An improved mass budget for the Greenland ice sheet

EM Enderlin, IM Howat, S Jeong… - Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Extensive ice thickness surveys by NASA's Operation IceBridge enable over a decade of ice
discharge measurements at high precision for the majority of Greenland's marine …

Ocean forcing drives glacier retreat in Greenland

M Wood, E Rignot, I Fenty, L An, A Bjørk… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The retreat and acceleration of Greenland glaciers since the mid-1990s have been
attributed to the enhanced intrusion of warm Atlantic Waters (AW) into fjords, but this …

[KNYGA][B] Glaciers and glaciation

D Benn, DJA Evans - 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Glaciers and Glaciation is the classic textbook for all students of glaciation. Stimulating and
accessible, it has established a reputation as a comprehensive and essential resource. In …

Antarctica, Greenland and Gulf of Alaska land-ice evolution from an iterated GRACE global mascon solution

SB Luthcke, TJ Sabaka, BD Loomis, AA Arendt… - Journal of …, 2013 - cambridge.org
We have determined the ice mass evolution of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets (AIS
and GIS) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) glaciers from a new GRACE global solution of equal …

The ICESat-2 laser altimetry mission

W Abdalati, HJ Zwally, R Bindschadler… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Satellite and aircraft observations have revealed that remarkable changes in the Earth's
polar ice cover have occurred in the last decade. The impacts of these changes, which …