Ice and glacier research

Below is a selection of recent ice and glacier-related research published in AGU journals:

Continuity of the Mass Loss of the World’s Glaciers and Ice Caps From the GRACE and GRACE Follow‐On Missions, Ciraci et al., Geophysical Research Letters

Continuity of Ice Sheet Mass Loss in Greenland and Antarctica From the GRACE and GRACE Follow‐On Missions, Velicogna et al., Geophysical Research Letters

Grounding Line Retreat of Denman Glacier, East Antarctica, Measured With COSMO‐SkyMed Radar Interferometry Data, Brancato et al., Geophysical Research Letters 

The Possible Transition From Glacial Surge to Ice Stream on Vavilov Ice Cap, Zheng et al., Geophysical Research Letters

Spatiotemporal Variability of Sea Ice in the Arctic’s Last Ice Area, Moore et al., Geophysical Research Letters

Continent‐Wide, Interferometric SAR Phase, Mapping of Antarctic Ice Velocity, Mouginot et al., Geophysical Research Letters 

Projections of Extreme Ocean Waves in the Arctic and Potential Implications for Coastal Inundation and Erosion, Casas-Prat, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Hidden Production: On the Importance of Pelagic Phytoplankton Blooms Beneath Arctic Sea Ice, Kinney et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 

Partitioning the Uncertainty of Ensemble Projections of Global Glacier Mass Change, Marzeion et al., Earth’s Future

Direct Observation of Winter Meltwater Drainage From the Greenland Ice Sheet, Pitcher et al., Geophysical Research Letters

The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf‐Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean, Charette et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 

A Major Collapse of Kangerlussuaq Glacier’s Ice Tongue Between 1932 and 1933 in East Greenland, Vermassen et al., Geophysical Research Letters

A special issue in Eos also takes a close look at the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica.