A 90-year record of glacier changes in the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian High Arctic

• Published in: Polar research Vol. 44
• Main Authors: Maraldo, Dean R., Choi, Woonsup
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Spånga Open Academia 17.06.2025
• Subjects: Archipelagoes; Area; Climate change; Coasts; Digitization; Glacier melting; Glacier retreat; Glaciers; Global warming; Ice; Salvage; Satellite imagery; Sea level changes; Sea surface temperature; Surface temperature; Topography; Barents Sea; North Pole; United States > US; Arctic region; Novaya Zemlya; Kara Sea; Greenland

Glacial retreat in the Russian High Arctic, particularly in the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago (NZA), is emblematic of global warming. Some global models project that, by 2100, sea-level rise contributions from melting glaciers in this region could be comparable to contributions from Antarctica’s and Gre...