Ep. 2 | Why is Greenland melting so fast? Ft.
Welcome back to the biggest loser. In this episode, Jason tells me which drivers of melting are most important in Greenland. And of course - what's the biggest loser for Greenland melt.
Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Greenland's glaciers
01:30 - Mass Balance
03:50 - Drivers of melt
04:43 - Ocean v atmosphere
06:32 - Ice loss commitments
07:40 - The future
08:09 - Biggest loser
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References and resources
Box et al. (2022) https://www.nature.com/articles/s4155...
Hanna et al. (2020) https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com...
Hofer et al. (2020) https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146...
Schultz et al. (2022) https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c...
NASA vital signs https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/...
Carbon Brief https://www.carbonbrief.org/new-clima...
Live Science https://www.livescience.com/greenland...
NSIDC http://nsidc.org/greenland-today
Inside Climate News https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18...
Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environme...