Glaciers give way to new coasts
March 21, 2025
Climate change is causing rapid shrinkage of high-latitude glaciers, fundamentally altering the nature of Arctic landscapes. Now, research quantifies the substantial, yet under-reported, development of new coastlines and islands that are revealed as marine-terminating glaciers fall back from the sea.
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Cook, S.J. Glaciers give way to new coasts.
Nat. Clim. Chang. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02275-4
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Published: 21 March 2025
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02275-4
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