Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth. And Longyearbyen on Svalbard is at the epicentre. I went to find out about how this is affecting glaciers in and around the area, and what this means for the future.
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References
Antarctic Glaciers antarcticglaciers.org/glacier-processes/glacier-types/tidewater-glaciers
Blaszczyk et al. (2009) https://journals.pan.pl/Content/110542/PDF/PPR30-085.pdf
Bloshkina et al. (2021) polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/5392
Geyman et al. (2022) nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04314-4
Hanssen-Bauer, et al. (2019) Climate in Svalbard 2100—a Knowledge Base for Climate Adaptation. NCSS report M-1242, 208 pp. (Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljødirektoratet), 2019).
Holmes et al. (2019) nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45077-3
Luckman et al. (2015) nature.com/articles/ncomms9566
NASA earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150165/summer-melting-in-svalbard
Noel et al. (2020) nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18356-1
Rantanen et al. (2022) nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00498-3
Schuler et al. (2020) frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2020.00156/full
The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth. And Longyearbyen on Svalbard is at the epicentre. I went to find out about how this is affecting glaciers in and around the area, and what this means for the future.
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If you like the videos I make and want to support me to make more like these, you can always sign up to my Patreon here: patreon.com/Dr_Gilbz. Subscriptions help me make more (& better!) video content about climate and polar science, and keep these videos independent.
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References
Antarctic Glaciers antarcticglaciers.org/glacier-processes/glacier-types/tidewater-glaciers
Blaszczyk et al. (2009) https://journals.pan.pl/Content/110542/PDF/PPR30-085.pdf
Bloshkina et al. (2021) polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/5392
Geyman et al. (2022) nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04314-4
Hanssen-Bauer, et al. (2019) Climate in Svalbard 2100—a Knowledge Base for Climate Adaptation. NCSS report M-1242, 208 pp. (Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljødirektoratet), 2019).
Holmes et al. (2019) nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45077-3
Luckman et al. (2015) nature.com/articles/ncomms9566
NASA earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150165/summer-melting-in-svalbard
Noel et al. (2020) nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18356-1
Rantanen et al. (2022) nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00498-3
Schuler et al. (2020) frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2020.00156/full
