Resolving and parameterising the ocean mesoscale in earth system models

HT Hewitt, M Roberts, P Mathiot, A Biastoch… - Current Climate Change …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Assessment of the impact of ocean resolution in Earth System
models on the mean state, variability, and future projections and discussion of prospects for …

Subglacial plumes

IJ Hewitt - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Buoyant plumes form when glacial ice melts directly into the ocean or when subglacial
meltwater is discharged to the ocean at depth. They play a key role in regulating heat …

[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 …

Interruption of two decades of Jakobshavn Isbrae acceleration and thinning as regional ocean cools

A Khazendar, IG Fenty, D Carroll, A Gardner… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Jakobshavn Isbrae has been the single largest source of mass loss from the Greenland Ice
Sheet over the last 20 years. During that time, it has been retreating, accelerating and …

Future evolution of Greenland's marine‐terminating outlet glaciers

GA Catania, LA Stearns, TA Moon… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) has increased over the last two decades in
response to changes in global climate, motivating the scientific community to question how …

Ocean warming drives immediate mass loss from calving glaciers in the high Arctic

Ø Foss, J Maton, G Moholdt, LS Schmidt… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Glaciers in the Arctic have lost considerable mass during the last two decades. About a third
of the glaciers by area drains into the ocean, yet the mechanisms and drivers governing …

Twenty-first century ocean forcing of the Greenland ice sheet for modelling of sea level contribution

DA Slater, D Felikson, F Straneo, H Goelzer… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Changes in ocean temperature and salinity are expected to be an important determinant of
the Greenland ice sheet's future sea level contribution. Yet, simulating the impact of these …

[HTML][HTML] Persistent, extensive channelized drainage modeled beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

AO Hager, MJ Hoffman, SF Price… - The Cryosphere, 2022 - tc.copernicus.org
Subglacial hydrology is a leading control on basal friction and the dynamics of glaciers and
ice sheets. At low discharge, subglacial water flows through high-pressure, sheet-like …

Localized plumes drive front‐wide ocean melting of a Greenlandic tidewater glacier

DA Slater, F Straneo, SB Das… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Recent acceleration of Greenland's ocean‐terminating glaciers has substantially amplified
the ice sheet's contribution to global sea level. Increased oceanic melting of these tidewater …