Thermodynamics of a fast-moving Greenlandic outlet glacier revealed by fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing

R Law, P Christoffersen, B Hubbard, SH Doyle… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Measurements of ice temperature provide crucial constraints on ice viscosity and the
thermodynamic processes occurring within a glacier. However, such measurements are …

The influence of water percolation through crevasses on the thermal regime of a Himalayan mountain glacier

A Gilbert, A Sinisalo, TR Gurung, K Fujita… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
In cold and arid climates, small glaciers with cold accumulation zones are often thought to
be entirely cold based. However, scattering in ground-penetrating radar (GPR) …

Thinning leads to calving-style changes at Bowdoin Glacier, Greenland

ECH van Dongen, G Jouvet, S Sugiyama… - The Cryosphere …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Ice mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet is the largest single contributor to sea-level rise
in the 21st century. The mass loss rate has accelerated in recent decades mainly due to …

Borehole‐Based Characterization of Deep Mixed‐Mode Crevasses at a Greenlandic Outlet Glacier

B Hubbard, P Christoffersen, SH Doyle… - AGU …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Optical televiewer borehole logging within a crevassed region of fast‐moving Store Glacier,
Greenland, revealed the presence of 35 high‐angle planes that cut across the background …

Rapidly changing glaciers, ocean and coastal environments, and their impact on human society in the Qaanaaq region, northwestern Greenland

S Sugiyama, N Kanna, D Sakakibara, T Ando, I Asaji… - Polar Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Environments along the coast of Greenland are rapidly changing under the influence of a
warming climate in the Arctic. To better understand the changes in the coastal environments …

Complex motion of Greenland Ice Sheet outlet glaciers with basal temperate ice

R Law, P Christoffersen, E MacKie, S Cook… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Uncertainty associated with ice sheet motion plagues sea level rise predictions. Much of this
uncertainty arises from imperfect representations of physical processes including basal slip …

Greenland and Canadian Arctic ice temperature profiles

A Løkkegaard, K Mankoff, C Zdanowicz… - The Cryosphere …, 2022 - tc.copernicus.org
Here, we present a compilation of 85 ice temperature profiles from 79 boreholes from the
Greenland Ice Sheet and peripheral ice caps, as well as local ice caps in the Canadian …

Ice speed of a Greenlandic tidewater glacier modulated by tide, melt, and rain

S Sugiyama, S Tsutaki, D Sakakibara, I Asaji… - The …, 2025 - tc.copernicus.org
Ice discharge from the Greenland ice sheet is controlled by tidewater glacier flow speed,
which shows large variations on different timescales. Short-term speed variations are key to …

Ocean-bottom and surface seismometers reveal continuous glacial tremor and slip

EA Podolskiy, Y Murai, N Kanna, S Sugiyama - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Shearing along subduction zones, laboratory experiments on analogue faults, and sliding
along glacier beds are all associated with aseismic and co-seismic slip. In this study, an …

Ice geometry and thermal regime of Lyngmarksbræen Ice Cap, West Greenland

MK Gillespie, JC Yde, MS Andresen, M Citterio… - Journal of …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Observations remain sparse for peripheral glaciers and ice caps in Greenland. Here, we
present the results of a multi-frequency radar survey of Lyngmarksbræen Ice Cap in West …