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SUBMITTER: Holmes FA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6603002 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Holmes Felicity A FA Kirchner Nina N Kuttenkeuler Jakob J Krützfeldt Jari J Noormets Riko R
Scientific reports 20190701 1
Fjord-terminating glaciers in Svalbard lose mass through submarine melt and calving (collectively: frontal ablation), and surface melt. With the recently observed Atlantification of water masses in the Barents Sea, warmer waters enter these fjords and may reach glacier fronts, where their role in accelerating frontal ablation remains insufficiently understood. Here, the impact of ocean temperatures on frontal ablation at two glaciers is assessed using time series of water temperature at depth, a ...[more]