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110 Y EARS OF G LACIER C HANGES IN C ENTRAL- AND N ORTH-EAST G REENLAND Anders Anker Bjørk 1 , Søren Aagaard 1 , Kurt H. Kjær 1 , Shfaqat Abbas Khan 2 , Jason Box 3 , Nicolaj K. Larsen 4 , Camilla S. Andresen 3 , Kristian K. Kjeldsen 1 1 NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF DENMARK - UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

110 Y EARS OF G LACIER C HANGES IN C ENTRAL- AND N ORTH-EAST G REENLAND Anders Anker Bjørk 1, Søren Aagaard 1, Kurt H. Kjær 1, Shfaqat Abbas Khan 2, Jason

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110 YEARS OF GLACIER CHANGESI N C E N T R A L - A N D N O RT H - E A S T GR E E N L A N D

Anders Anker Bjørk1, Søren Aagaard1, Kurt H. Kjær1, Shfaqat Abbas Khan2, Jason Box3, Nicolaj K. Larsen4, Camilla S. Andresen3, Kristian K. Kjeldsen1

1NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF DENMARK - UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN2DTU Space – Technical University of Denmark, 3GEUS Denmark,4Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University

2.0 °C/decade 1.3 °C/decade

Louise Boyd

1910-1932 2000-2013

1990-2000

110 years of observations show

us that:

Massive meltdown followed the Little Ice Age

Respond rapidly to changes in climate and

precipitation patterns