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Area change of glaciers across Northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, between ~1999 and ~2015
- Uses a variety of optical satellite scenes to quantify the change in the areal extent of 1773 glaciers across Northern Ellesmere Island between ~1999 and ~2015
- Results show that:
- Regional ice coverage decreased by 1705.3 km2 over the ~16-year period, a loss of ~5.9%
- Ice shelves had the greatest losses relative to their size, of ~42.4%
- Land-terminating glaciers lost 4.9% of their 1999 area, including the complete loss of three small ice caps (<1.5 km2)
- Highlights the high sensitivity of the ice cover of Northern Ellesmere Island to recent climate warming and the continued losses that are likely to occur in the future
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