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Current Research Interests
My research investigates how glaciers and ice sheets behave in order to understand how they will contribute to sea level and impact water resources in our warming world. The following areas have been a particular focus of my research: i) Coupling between glacier hydrology and ice dynamics; ii) Ice-ocean interactions at marine-terminating glaciers; iii) Temporal evolution of glacial drainage systems; iv) Glacier erosion and sediment evacuation from subglacial drainage systems; and v) Satellite investigations of glacier and ice-cap mass balance. My research has been supported by sustained field-based investigations in Greenland, the Canadian High Arctic and European Alps. I was awarded the Polar Medal by the Queen in 2018 in recognition of my research activities in the Arctic.
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Using thermal UAV imagery to simulate distributed debris thicknesses and sub-debris melt rates on debris-covered glaciers
Bisset, R., Nienow, P., Goldberg, D., Wigmore, O., Loayza-Muro, R. A., Wadham, J. L., Macdonald, M. L. & Bingham, R. G., 14 Dec 2022, In: The Journal of Glaciology. p. 1-16Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Helheim Glacier poised for dramatic retreat
Williams, J., Gourmelen, N., Nienow, P., Bunce, C. & Slater, D., 16 Dec 2021, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 48, 23, e2021GL094546.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changes in elevation and mass of Arctic glaciers and ice caps, 2010-2017
Tepes, P., Gourmelen, N., Nienow, P., Tsamados, M., Shepherd, A. & Weissgerber, F., 1 Aug 2021, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 261, 112481.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rapid development and persistence of efficient subglacial drainage under 900 m-thick ice in Greenland
Chandler, D. M., Wadham, J. L., Nienow, P., Doyle, S. H., Tedstone, A. J., Telling, J., Hawkings, J., Alcock, J. D., Linhoff, B. & Hubbard, A. L., 15 Jul 2021, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 566, 116982.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accelerating ice mass loss across Arctic Russia in response to atmospheric warming, sea ice decline, and Atlantification of the Eurasian Arctic Shelf Seas
Tepes, P., Nienow, P. & Gourmelen, N., 30 Jun 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. e2021JF006068.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
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The role of winter motion in controlling the dynamic stability of the Greenland Ice Sheet
1/06/13 → 31/05/14
Project: Research
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Airborne Geophysical Investigations of basal conditions at flow transitions of outlet glaciers on teh Greenland Ice Sheet
Siegert, M. & Nienow, P.
1/10/10 → 30/09/13
Project: Research
Press/Media
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Global ice loss accelerating at record rate, study finds
25/01/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Earth has lost 28 TRILLION TONNES of ice in less than 30 years, scientists say after analysing satellite imagery of the planet's poles, mountains and glaciers
23/08/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Prof Peter Nienow comments on field research in Greenland
5/07/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Andrew Tedstone shows Greenland ice sheet less vulnerable to global warming than thought
28/10/15
9 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Prof Peter Nienow in Geosciences warns of rising sea levels due to ice melt in Greenland
23/11/13
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research