Norwegian mountain glaciers in the past, present and future

2007/02/10 by Atle Nesje, Jostein Bakke, Svein Olaf Dahl +2 · 1 voice · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Climate change and permafrost #Cryospheric studies and observations #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

paper · doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.08.004

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Citations

• Holocene mean July temperature and winter precipitation in western Norvay inferred from palynological and glaciological lake-sediment proxies
• Glacier variations in Breheimen, southern Norway: dating Little Ice Age moraine sequences at seven low‐altitude glaciers

Cited by

• Limited impact of climate forcing products on future glacier evolution in Scandinavia and Iceland
• A GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Model for Determining Glacier Vulnerability

Discussions

• Nesje et al. (2008) estimated that about 98% of the Norwegian glaciers will likely melt by the end of the 21st century, from 1627 glaciers to only 27, with a decrease in area to roughly one-third. 🧪 [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]