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Nonlinear rise in Greenland runoff in response to post-industrial Arctic warming

机译:工业化后北极变暖对格陵兰径流的非线性影响

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The Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) is a growing contributor to global sea-level rise(1), with recent ice mass loss dominated by surface meltwater runoff(2,3). Satellite observations reveal positive trends in GrIS surface melt extent(4), but melt variability, intensity and runoff remain uncertain before the satellite era. Here we present the first continuous, multi-century and observationally constrained record of GrIS surface melt intensity and runoff, revealing that the magnitude of recent GrIS melting is exceptional over at least the last 350 years. We develop this record through stratigraphic analysis of central west Greenland ice cores, and demonstrate that measurements of refrozen melt layers in percolation zone ice cores can be used to quantifiably, and reproducibly, reconstruct past melt rates. We show significant (P < 0.01) and spatially extensive correlations between these ice-core-derived melt records and modelled melt rates(5,6) and satellite-derived melt duration(4) across Greenland more broadly, enabling the reconstruction of past ice-sheet-scale surface melt intensity and runoff. We find that the initiation of increases in GrIS melting closely follow the onset of industrial-era Arctic warming in the mid-1800s, but that the magnitude of GrIS melting has only recently emerged beyond the range of natural variability. Owing to a nonlinear response of surface melting to increasing summer air temperatures, continued atmospheric warming will lead to rapid increases in GrIS runoff and sea-level contributions.
机译:格陵兰冰盖(GrIS)是全球海平面上升的一个日益增长的因素(1),近期冰的质量损失主要由地表融水径流(2,3)决定。卫星观测揭示了GrIS表面融化程度的积极趋势(4),但在卫星时代之前,融化变异性,强度和径流仍不确定。在这里,我们展示了GrIS表面融化强度和径流的第一个连续的,跨世纪的,受观测约束的记录,揭示了至少在最近350年中,最近的GrIS融化的程度是异常的。我们通过对格陵兰中部西部冰芯的地层分析开发了该记录,并证明了对渗滤区冰芯中的再融化融化层的测量可用于定量和可再现地重建过去的融化速率。我们更广泛地显示了这些冰芯衍生的融化记录与模型化融化速率(5,6)和卫星衍生融化持续时间(4)之间的显着(P <0.01)和空间广泛的相关性,从而能够重建过去的冰片级表面熔体强度和径流。我们发现,GrIS融化增加的开始紧随1800年代中期工业时代北极变暖的开始,但是,GrIS融化的程度直到最近才出现,超出了自然可变性的范围。由于表面融化对夏季气温升高的非线性响应,持续的大气变暖将导致GrIS径流和海平面贡献迅速增加。

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    《Nature》 |2018年第7734期|104-108|共5页
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    Rowan Univ Dept Geol Glassboro NJ 08028 USA|Woods Hole Oceanog Inst Dept Geol & Geophys Woods Hole MA 02543 USA;

    Woods Hole Oceanog Inst Dept Geol & Geophys Woods Hole MA 02543 USA;

    Massachusetts Inst Technol Woods Hole Oceanog Ins Joint Program Oceanog Woods Hole MA USA;

    Wheaton Coll Dept Chem Norton MA 02766 USA;

    Univ Washington Appl Phys Lab Polar Sci Ctr Seattle WA 98105 USA;

    Univ Liege Dept Geog Liege Belgium;

    Desert Res Inst Div Hydrol Sci Reno NV USA;

    Univ Utrecht Inst Marine & Atmospher Res Utrecht Netherlands;

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