Hydropower, snow and ice

Tómas Jóhannesson; Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir; Andreas Ahlstrøm; Liss M. Andreassen; Stein Beldring; Helgi Björnsson; Philippe Crochet; Bergur Einarsson; Hallgeir Elvehøy; Sverrir Guðmundsson; Regine Hock; Horst Machguth; Kjetil Melvold; Finnur Pálsson; Valentina Radić; Oddur Sigurðsson; Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson

doi:10.6027/TN2011-502

Hydropower, snow and ice

Tómas Jóhannesson, Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir, Andreas Ahlstrøm, Liss M. Andreassen, Stein Beldring, Helgi Björnsson, Philippe Crochet, Bergur Einarsson, Hallgeir Elvehøy, Sverrir Guðmundsson, Regine Hock, Horst Machguth, Kjetil Melvold, Finnur Pálsson, Valentina Radić, Oddur Sigurðsson, Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson

Department of Glaciology and Climate

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Abstract

Changes in glacier mass balance and consequent changes in glacier margins and land-ice volumes are among the most important consequences of future climate change in Iceland, Greenland and some glaciated watersheds in Scandinavia. Global sea level rise, observed since the beginning of the 20th century, is to a large extent caused by an increased flux of meltwater and icebergs from glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets. The increased flux of meltwater from land-ice has, apart from rising sea levels, potential global effects through the global ocean thermohaline circulation. It has also local effects on river and groundwater hydrology of watersheds adjacent to the glacier margins, with societal implications for many inhabited areas.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Climate change and energy systems
Subtitle of host publication	Impacts, risks and adaptation in the Nordic and Baltic countries
Editors	Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, Halldór Björnsson
Place of Publication	Copenhagen
Publisher	Nordic Council of Ministers
Chapter	5
Pages	91-111
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Print)	978-92-893-2190-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.6027/TN2011-502
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Series	TemaNord
Number	502
Volume	2011

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Programme Area 5: Nature and Climate

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Jóhannesson, T., Aðalgeirsdóttir, G., Ahlstrøm, A., Andreassen, L. M., Beldring, S., Björnsson, H., Crochet, P., Einarsson, B., Elvehøy, H., Guðmundsson, S., Hock, R., Machguth, H., Melvold, K., Pálsson, F., Radić, V., Sigurðsson, O., & Thorsteinsson, T. (2012). Hydropower, snow and ice. In T. Thorsteinsson, & H. Björnsson (Eds.), Climate change and energy systems: Impacts, risks and adaptation in the Nordic and Baltic countries (pp. 91-111). Nordic Council of Ministers. https://doi.org/10.6027/TN2011-502

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Hydropower, snow and ice. / Jóhannesson, Tómas; Aðalgeirsdóttir, Guðfinna; Ahlstrøm, Andreas et al.
Climate change and energy systems: Impacts, risks and adaptation in the Nordic and Baltic countries. ed. / Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson; Halldór Björnsson. Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers, 2012. p. 91-111 (TemaNord; No. 502, Vol. 2011).

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Jóhannesson T, Aðalgeirsdóttir G, Ahlstrøm A, Andreassen LM, Beldring S, Björnsson H et al. Hydropower, snow and ice. In Thorsteinsson T, Björnsson H, editors, Climate change and energy systems: Impacts, risks and adaptation in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers. 2012. p. 91-111. (TemaNord; No. 502, Vol. 2011). doi: 10.6027/TN2011-502

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