Greenland Climate Research Centre, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Kivioq 2, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland
Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Korringaweg 7, P.O. Box 140, 4401, NT, Yerseke, the Netherlands
ENEA, Department of Sustainability, Marine Environment Research Centre S. Teresa, Via Santa Teresa 1, 19032 Pozzuolo di Lerici, Italy
Karline Soetaert
Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Korringaweg 7, P.O. Box 140, 4401, NT, Yerseke, the Netherlands
As the Greenland Ice Sheet retreats, it is crucial to understand how this affects carbon burial in fjords. Comparing a fjord influenced by marine-terminating glaciers with one fed by a land-terminating glacier shows that high productivity near marine-terminating glaciers does not necessarily enhance carbon burial. Instead, the complex interplay of physical, biological, and sedimentary processes governs fjord carbon dynamics.
As the Greenland Ice Sheet retreats, it is crucial to understand how this affects carbon burial...