How can accurate maps of remote fjords help us predict future sea level rise?

Aug 30, 2023

Accurate maps of fjords are needed to better understand how much sea level rise they are causing. Image: Pexels/Errin Casano

Martin Jakobsson

Professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Stockholm University

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Diagram of a fjord showing a sill that keeps out the warmer ocean water (note in Greenland the fjords are fed by glaciers not rivers). Image: AMAP, CC BY-SA

Some of the most northerly and inaccessible fjords on earth. Image: Martin Jakobsson, CC BY-SA

The icebreaker Oden in Petermann Fjord. The same ship appears as a tiny dot in the image at the top of the article. Image: Martin Jakobsson, CC BY-SA

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An underwater sill in front of Ryder Glacier shields it from inflowing warmer water from the Atlantic. Image: Martin Jakobsson, CC BY-SA

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