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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-1077-2022
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Research article
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22 Jul 2022
Research article |
| 22 Jul 2022
| 22 Jul 2022
Dynamic regimes of the Greenland Ice Sheet emerging from interacting melt–elevation and glacial isostatic adjustment feedbacks
Maria Zeitz
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, Telegrafenberg A31, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Institute for Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Jan M. Haacker
Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, Telegrafenberg A31, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Institute for Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft, the Netherlands
Jonathan F. Donges
Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, Telegrafenberg A31, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Kräftriket 2B, 11419 Stockholm, Sweden
Torsten Albrecht
Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, Telegrafenberg A31, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Ricarda Winkelmann
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, Telegrafenberg A31, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Institute for Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Importance of solid earth structure for understanding the evolution of the Greenland ice sheet J. Ebbing et al.
- Role of elevation feedbacks and ice sheet–climate interactions on future Greenland ice sheet melt T. Feenstra et al.
- A topographically controlled tipping point for complete Greenland ice sheet melt M. Petrini et al.
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- The stability of present-day Antarctic grounding lines – Part 2: Onset of irreversible retreat of Amundsen Sea glaciers under current climate on centennial timescales cannot be excluded R. Reese et al.
- Upper mantle temperatures illuminate the Iceland hotspot track and understanding of ice–Earth interactions in Greenland P. Ajourlou et al.
- Solid Earth Uplift Due To Contemporary Ice Melt Above Low‐Viscosity Regions of the Upper Mantle M. Weerdesteijn et al.
- Rate-induced tipping cascades arising from interactions between the Greenland Ice Sheet and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation A. Klose et al.
- Destabilization of Earth system tipping elements N. Boers et al.
- Hysteresis of the Greenland ice sheet from the Last Glacial Maximum to the future L. Gutiérrez-González et al.
- Feedback mechanisms controlling Antarctic glacial-cycle dynamics simulated with a coupled ice sheet–solid Earth model T. Albrecht et al.
- The validity of bootstrap testing for threshold autoregression S. Giannerini et al.
- Projections of precipitation and temperatures in Greenland and the impact of spatially uniform anomalies on the evolution of the ice sheet N. Bochow et al.
- Exploring the Greenland Ice Sheet’s response to future atmospheric warming-threshold scenarios over 200 years A. Delhasse et al.
- Bathymetry-constrained impact of relative sea-level change on basal melting in Antarctica M. Kreuzer et al.
- Stabilizing feedbacks allow for multiple states of the Greenland Ice Sheet in a fully coupled Earth System – Ice Sheet Model M. Andernach et al.
- Effects of extreme melt events on ice flow and sea level rise of the Greenland Ice Sheet J. Beckmann & R. Winkelmann
- Importance of solid earth structure for understanding the evolution of the Greenland ice sheet J. Ebbing et al.
- Role of elevation feedbacks and ice sheet–climate interactions on future Greenland ice sheet melt T. Feenstra et al.
- A topographically controlled tipping point for complete Greenland ice sheet melt M. Petrini et al.
- Overshooting the critical threshold for the Greenland ice sheet N. Bochow et al.
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Short summary
The stability of the Greenland Ice Sheet under global warming is crucial. Here, using PISM, we study how the interplay of feedbacks between the ice sheet, the atmosphere and solid Earth affects the long-term response of the Greenland Ice Sheet under constant warming. Our findings suggest four distinct dynamic regimes of the Greenland Ice Sheet on the route to destabilization under global warming – from recovery via quasi-periodic oscillations in ice volume to ice sheet collapse.
The stability of the Greenland Ice Sheet under global warming is crucial. Here, using PISM, we...
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