{"id":468,"date":"2016-01-04T14:33:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T21:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/firncover\/?p=468"},"modified":"2016-01-04T15:34:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T22:34:11","slug":"new-important-study-links-firn-changes-to-increased-runoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/firncover\/2016\/01\/04\/new-important-study-links-firn-changes-to-increased-runoff\/","title":{"rendered":"New important study links Greenland’s firn changes to increased runoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the main things the FirnCover project studies is the way that increased meltwater has affected the densification of snow into ice on the Greenland ice sheet in a warming climate. \u00a0In 2012 we made a discovery about the way that recent meltwater in parts of Greenland were rapidly expanding runoff on the ice sheet, and set out in 2013 and 2015 to gather more data to make the case. \u00a0Several of the FirnCover cores we collected in\u00a02015 helped conclusively pin this down.<\/p>\n

Today in the journal Nature Climate Change, we published a new study<\/a>\u00a0explaining how Greenland’s recent melt has formed a “lid of ice” which causes areas of runoff to rapidly expand up the ice sheet’s interior, contributing further to sea level rise. \u00a0CIRES has put out a press release overviewing the paper<\/a>, and co-author Dr. Dirk van As (a longtime collaborator and welcome contributor with the FirnCover project) has an elucidating video<\/a> that gives a great explanation of the phenomenon as well.<\/p>\n

CIRES Press Release:<\/p>\n

Greenland’s “sponge” affected by atmospheric warming<\/a><\/h2>\n

\"Greenland<\/a><\/p>\n

Dirk van As’ video: “An Ice Lid: More Greenland Meltwater Into the Oceans”<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n

\"DirkvanAs\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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As usual, the work is far from over, and we have several other parallel papers in the works, both adding to this study and exploring similar phenomena happening just under (and on!) the surface of Greenland’s vast interior. \u00a0But this study was a big one, and we’re happy to see it published. \u00a0Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

– Mike<\/p>\n

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