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Conclusion

Summary and Conclusions

  •      The increase of max temperature in 2015 correlates to the sharpest increase in glacier migration speed observed.

    •      Glacier 1 moved approximately 1.71 m/day between 2014 to 2016 and at 1.11 m/day from 2013 to 2018

    •      Medial moraine from glacier D and E moved approximately at 0.41m/day between 2014 to 2016 and at 0.33 m/day between 2013 to 2018

 

  •      The direction and speed at which alpine glaciers and moraines migrate are dependent on the shape of the valley and the number of glaciers that merge.

 

  •      Research must be done on specific glaciers in order to understand the complexity of medial moraine migration.

 

  •      Pre-2013 data should be analyzed in future research to better understand the kinematics of the tributary glaciers in our area that stopped prograding.

References

     IPCC, 2018: Global warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty[V. Masson-Delmotte, P. Zhai, H. O. Pörtner, D. Roberts, J. Skea, P.R.Shukla,A. Pirani, W. Moufouma-Okia, C.Péan, R. Pidcock, S. Connors, J. B. R. Matthews, Y. Chen, X. Zhou, M. I. Gomis, E. Lonnoy, T. Maycock, M. Tignor, T. Waterfield(eds.)].In Press.

 

     Snyder, J.A., Werner, A., Miller, G.H., 2000. Holocene cirque glacier activity in western Spitsbergen, Svalbard: sediment records from proglacial Linnévatnet. Holocene 10, 555–563.

 

     Svendsen, J.I., Mangerud, J., 1997. Holocene glacial and climatic variations on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Holocene 7, 45–57.

 

     Norks Polarinstittut, 2018. https://svalbardkartet.npolar.no https://toposvalbard.npolar.no/

 

     Dr. Shuhab Khan

 

     Diana Krupnik

 

     Wanda Crupa

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Data obtained from:
GLOVIS and Earth.esa
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