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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2019-01-02
    Description: The mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet has increased over the past two decades. Marine-terminating glaciers contribute significantly to this mass loss due to increased melting and ice discharge. Rapid retreat periods of these tidewater glaciers have been linked to the concurrent inflow of warm, Atlantic derived waters. However, little is known about the variability of Atlantic-derived waters within these fjords, due to a lack of multi-annual, in situ measurements. Thus, to better understand the potential role of ocean warming on glacier retreat, reconstructions that characterize the variability of Atlantic water inflow to these fjords are required. Here, we investigate foraminiferal assemblages in a sediment core from Upernavik Fjord, West Greenland, in which the major ice stream Upernavik Isstrøm terminates. We investigate the environmental characteristics that control species diversity and derive that it is predominantly controlled by changes in bottom water variability. Hence, we provide a reconstruction of Atlantic water inflow to Upernavik Fjord, spanning the period 1925–2012. This reconstruction reveals peak Atlantic water inflow during the 1930s and again after 2000, a pattern that is similar to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). We compare these results to historical observations of front positions of Upernavik Isstrøm. This reveals that inflow of warm, Atlantic-derived waters indeed likely contributed to high retreat rates in the 1930s and after 2000. However, moderate retreat rates of Upernavik Isstrøm also prevailed in the 1960s/1970s, showing that retreat continued despite reduced Atlantic water inflow, albeit at a lower rate. Considering the link between bottom water variability and the AMO in Upernavik Fjord and the fact that a persistent negative phase of the AMO is expected for the next decade, Atlantic water inflow into the fjord may decrease in the next ~ 10 years.
    Print ISSN: 1814-9340
    Electronic ISSN: 1814-9359
    Topics: Geosciences
    Published by Copernicus on behalf of European Geosciences Union.
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2019-07-01
    Description: The mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet has increased over the past 2 decades. Marine-terminating glaciers contribute significantly to this mass loss due to increased melting and ice discharge. Periods of rapid retreat of these tidewater glaciers have been linked to the concurrent inflow of warm Atlantic-sourced waters. However, little is known about the variability of these Atlantic-derived waters within the fjords, due to a lack of multi-annual in situ measurements. Thus, to better understand the potential role of ocean warming on glacier retreat, reconstructions that characterize the variability of Atlantic water inflow to the fjords are required. Here, we investigate foraminiferal assemblages in a sediment core from Upernavik Fjord, West Greenland, in which the major ice stream Upernavik Isstrøm terminates. We conclude that the foraminiferal assemblage is predominantly controlled by changes in bottom water composition and provide a reconstruction of Atlantic water inflow to Upernavik Fjord, spanning the period 1925–2012. This reconstruction reveals peak Atlantic water influx during the 1930s and again after 2000, a pattern that is comparable to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). The comparison of these results to historical observations of front positions of Upernavik Isstrøm reveals that inflow of warm Atlantic-derived waters likely contributed to high retreat rates in the 1930s and after 2000. However, moderate retreat rates of Upernavik Isstrøm also prevailed in the 1960s and 1970s, showing that glacier retreat continued despite a reduced Atlantic water inflow, albeit at a lower rate. Considering the link between bottom water variability and the AMO in Upernavik Fjord, and the fact that a persistent negative phase of the AMO is expected for the next decade, Atlantic water inflow into the fjord may decrease in the coming decade, potentially minimizing or stabilizing the retreat of Upernavik Isstrøm during this time interval.
    Print ISSN: 1814-9324
    Electronic ISSN: 1814-9332
    Topics: Geosciences
    Published by Copernicus on behalf of European Geosciences Union.
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    In:  Supplement to: Vermassen, Flor; Andreasen, Nanna; Thibault, Nicolas; Seidenkrantz, Marit-Solveig; Jackson, Rebecca; Schmidt, Sabine; Kjær, Kurt Henrik; Andresen, Camilla S (2019): A reconstruction of warm-water inflow to Upernavik Isstrøm since 1925 CE and its relation to glacier retreat. Climate of the Past, 15(3), 1171-1186, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1171-2019
    Publication Date: 2023-01-13
    Description: The mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet has increased over the past two decades. Marine-terminating glaciers contribute significantly to this mass loss due to increased melting and ice discharge. Rapid retreat periods of these tidewater glaciers have been linked to the concurrent inflow of warm, Atlantic derived waters. However, little is known about the 15 variability of Atlantic-derived waters within these fjords, due to a lack of multi-annual, in situ measurements. Thus, to better understand the potential role of ocean warming on glacier retreat, reconstructions that characterize the variability of Atlantic water inflow to these fjords are required. Here, we investigate foraminiferal assemblages in a sediment core from Upernavik Fjord, West Greenland, in which the major ice stream Upernavik Isstrøm terminates. We investigate the environmental characteristics that control species diversity and derive that it is predominantly controlled by changes in bottom water 20 variability. Hence, we provide a reconstruction of Atlantic water inflow to Upernavik Fjord, spanning the period 1925-2012. This reconstruction reveals peak Atlantic water inflow during the 1930s and again after 2000, a pattern that is similar to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). We compare these results to historical observations of front positions of Upernavik Isstrøm. This reveals that inflow of warm, Atlantic-derived waters indeed likely contributed to high retreat rates in the 1930s and after 2000. However, moderate retreat rates of Upernavik Isstrøm also prevailed in the 1960s/1970s, showing that retreat 25 continued despite reduced Atlantic water inflow, albeit at a lower rate. Considering the link between bottom water variability and the AMO in Upernavik Fjord and the fact that a persistent negative phase of the AMO is expected for the next decade, Atlantic water inflow into the fjord may decrease in the next ~10 years.
    Keywords: POR13-05; RL; Rumohr-Lot
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    Format: application/zip, 2 datasets
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2023-02-07
    Keywords: Age; DEPTH, sediment/rock; POR13-05; RL; Rumohr-Lot
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    Format: text/tab-separated-values, 26 data points
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 2023-11-09
    Keywords: Adercotryma glomeratum; Age; AGE; Ammodiscus sp.; Bolivina pseudopunctata; Buccella frigida; Cassidulina reniforme; Cibicides lobatulus; Cribrostomoides crassimargo; Cuneata arctica; Depth, bottom/max; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Depth, top/min; Deuterammina grahami; Eggerella advena; Elphidium excavatum; Epistominella takayanagii; Foraminifera, benthic; Foraminifera, benthic agglutinated; Foraminifera, benthic calcareous; Foraminifera, linings; Foraminifera, linings per unit mass; Foraminifera, planktic; Globobulimina auriculata arctica; Islandiella helenae; Islandiella norcrossi; Lagenammina difflugiformis; Melonis barleeanus; Nonionellina auricula; Nonionellina labradorica; Nonionellina turgida; POR13-05; Portatrochammina bipolaris; Pullenia osloensis; Recurvoides turbinatus; Reophax catella; Reophax catenata; Reophax subfusiformis; Reussoolina laevis; RL; Rumohr-Lot; Sample mass; Silicosigmoilina groenlandica; Spiroplectammina biformis; Stainforthia concava; Stainforthia feylingi; Textularia earlandi; Textularia torquata; Trifarina fluens; Trochammina globigeriniformis
    Type: Dataset
    Format: text/tab-separated-values, 1191 data points
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