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Personal profile
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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A Frontal Ablation Dataset for 49 Tidewater Glaciers in Greenland
Fahrner, D., Slater, D., KC, A., Cenedese, C., Sutherland, D., Enderlin, E., de Jong, F., Kjeldsen, K., Wood, M., Nienow, P., Nowicki, S. & Wagner, T., 10 Apr 2025, In: Scientific Data. 12, 601.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A reassessment of the role of atmospheric and oceanic forcing on ice dynamics at Jakobshavn Isbræ (Sermeq Kujalleq), Ilulissat Icefjord
Picton, H., Nienow, P., Slater, D. & Chudley, T., 1 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 130, 4, e2024JF008104.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modelling ocean melt of ice mélange at Greenland's marine-terminating glaciers
Jain, L., Slater, D. & Nienow, P., 23 Jan 2025, EGUsphere, p. 1-32, 32 p.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Art and Ice Loss: A Glaciologist’s Look at Wilhelmina Barns-Graham’s Glaciers
Nienow, P., 7 Oct 2024, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: The Glaciers. Airey, R. (ed.). Lund Humphries, p. 48-57Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Terminus thinning drives recent acceleration of a Greenlandic lake-terminating outlet glacier
Holt, E., Nienow, P. & Medina-Lopez, E., 1 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Glaciology. p. 1-33Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigating the potential for catastrophic collapse of Greenland's 'land'-terminating glacier margins
Nienow, P. (Principal Investigator), Medina-Lopez, E. (Co-investigator), Gourmelen, N. (Co-investigator) & Goldberg, D. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/24 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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Investigating the potential for catastrophic collapse of Greenland's 'land'-terminating glacier margins
Nienow, P. (Principal Investigator), Goldberg, D. (Co-investigator), Gourmelen, N. (Co-investigator) & Medina-Lopez, E. (Co-investigator)
Natural Environment Research Council
1/06/23 → 31/05/26
Project: Research
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CASCADA - Toxin or Treat?
Nienow, P. (Principal Investigator) & Hein, A. (Co-investigator)
1/02/19 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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CASCADA - Toxin or Treat?
Nienow, P. (Principal Investigator) & Hein, A. (Co-investigator)
Natural Environment Research Council
1/02/19 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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Investigating controls on flow variability in Greenland's tidewater glaciers: the impact of runoff on fjord circulation and termini melt rates
Nienow, P. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/13 → 31/08/16
Project: Research
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Frontal ablation estimates for 49 tidewater glaciers in Greenland
Fahrner, D. (Creator), Slater, D. (Creator), Sutherland, D. (Creator), Enderlin, E. (Creator), Nienow, P. (Creator) & Wagner, T. (Creator), Zenodo, 10 Feb 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14842441, http://10.5281/zenodo.8414729
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Press/Media
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Greenland Ice Sheet motion minimally impacted by late-season melting, study finds
Ing, R., Nienow, P. & Tedstone, A.
17/03/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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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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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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Tom Cowton studies the speed at which glaciers erode rock
22/03/12
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research