Publications

My publications focus on glacier-ocean interactions, Greenland fjords, polar ocean modeling, ocean observations, bathymetry, and machine learning applications in cryosphere and marine science. I am grateful for the collaborations represented in these papers and for the many colleagues, students, mentors, and project teams I have learned from along the way.

Featured Publications

Glacier-Biogeochemistry Coupling

Increased melt from Greenland’s most active glacier fuels enhanced coastal productivity

Wood et al. (2025b).
Nature Communications Earth & Environment

Fjord Modeling

Decadal evolution of ice-ocean interactions at a large East Greenland glacier resolved at fjord scale with downscaled ocean models and observations

Wood et al. (2024).
Geophysical Research Letters

Glacier-Ocean Interactions

Ocean forcing drives glacier retreat in Greenland

Wood et al. (2021)
Science Advances

Journal Articles

2026

Mackenzie River Freshwater Controls Early Sea Ice Formation in the Eastern Beaufort Sea

Zahn, M. J., Fournier, S., Fenty, I. G., Steele, M., Wood, M., Gaube, P. (2026). Geophysical Research Letters, 53(3), e2025GL118871.

2025

Increased melt from Greenland’s most active glacier fuels enhanced coastal productivity

Wood, M., Carroll, D., Fenty, I., Bertin, C., Darby, B., Dutkiewicz, S., ... & Willis, J. (2025). Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 626.

A Frontal Ablation Dataset for 49 Tidewater Glaciers in Greenland

Fahrner, D., Slater, D.A., Kc, A., Cenedese, C., Sutherland, D.A., Enderlin, E., de Jong, M.F., Kjeldsen, K.K., Wood, M., Nienow, P. and Nowicki, S. (2025). Nature Scientific Data, 12(1), p.601.

Feedbacks between fjord circulation, mélange melt, and the subglacial discharge plume at Kangerlussuaq glacier, East Greenland

Wood, M., Fenty, I., Khazendar, A., & Willis, J. K. (2025). Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130(2), e2024JC021639.

2024

The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 5.0

Jakobsson, M., Mohammad, R., Karlsson, M., Salas-Romero, S., Vacek, F., Heinze, F., ... & Mayer, L. (2024). Scientific Data, 11(1), 1420.

Consistent seasonal hydrography from moorings at Northwest Greenland glacier fronts

Zahn, M. J., Laidre, K. L., Simon, M., Stafford, K. M., Wood, M., Willis, J. K., Phillips, E. M., & Fenty, I. (2024). Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(9), e2024JC021046.

Decadal evolution of ice-ocean interactions at a large East Greenland glacier resolved at fjord scale with downscaled ocean models and observations

Wood, M., Khazendar, A., Fenty, I., Mankoff, K., Nguyen, A. T., Schulz, K., Willis, J. K., & Zhang, H. (2024). Geophysical Research Letters, 51(7), e2023GL107983.

Ubiquitous acceleration in Greenland Ice Sheet calving from 1985 to 2022

Greene, C. A., Gardner, A. S., Wood, M., & Cuzzone, J. K. (2024). Nature, 625(7995), 523-528.

2023

Rapid disintegration and weakening of ice shelves in North Greenland

Millan, R., Jager, E., Mouginot, J., Wood, M. H., Larsen, S. H., Mathiot, P., Jourdain, N. C., & Bjørk, A. (2023). Nature Communications, 14(1), 6914.

Greenland subglacial discharge as a driver of hotspots of increasing coastal chlorophyll since the early 2000s

Oliver, H., Slater, D., Carroll, D., Wood, M., Morlighem, M., & Hopwood, M. J. (2023). Geophysical Research Letters, 50(10), e2022GL102689.

2022

TermPicks: a century of Greenland glacier terminus data for use in scientific and machine learning applications

Goliber, S., Black, T., Catania, G., Lea, J. M., Olsen, H., Cheng, D., ... & Zhang, E. (2022). The Cryosphere, 16(8), 3215-3233.

Characteristic depths, fluxes, and timescales for Greenland's tidewater glacier fjords from subglacial discharge-driven upwelling during summer

Slater, D. A., Carroll, D., Oliver, H., Hopwood, M. J., Straneo, F., Wood, M., Willis, J. K., & Morlighem, M. (2022). Geophysical Research Letters, 49(10), e2021GL097081.

Export of ice sheet meltwater from Upernavik Fjord, West Greenland

Muilwijk, M., Straneo, F., Slater, D. A., Smedsrud, L. H., Holte, J., Wood, M., ... & Harden, B. (2022). Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52(3), 363-382.

2021

Retreat of Humboldt Gletscher, North Greenland, driven by undercutting from a warmer ocean

Rignot, E., An, L., Chauche, N., Morlighem, M., Jeong, S., Wood, M., ... & Muenchow, A. (2021). Geophysical Research Letters, 48(6), e2020GL091342.

Ice dynamics will remain a primary driver of Greenland ice sheet mass loss over the next century

Choi, Y., Morlighem, M., Rignot, E., & Wood, M. (2021). Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1), 26.

Ocean forcing drives glacier retreat in Greenland

Wood, M., Rignot, E., Fenty, I., An, L., Bjørk, A., van den Broeke, M., ... & Zhang, H. (2021). Science Advances, 7(1), eaba7282.

Ocean melting of the Zachariae Isstrøm and Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden glaciers, northeast Greenland

An, L., Rignot, E., Wood, M., Willis, J. K., Mouginot, J., & Khan, S. A. (2021). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(2), e2015483118.

2020

Calving Front Machine (CALFIN): glacial termini dataset and automated deep learning extraction method for Greenland, 1972-2019

Cheng, D., Hayes, W., Larour, E., Mohajerani, Y., Wood, M., Velicogna, I., & Rignot, E. (2020). The Cryosphere Discussions, 2020, 1-17.

The international bathymetric chart of the Arctic Ocean version 4.0

Jakobsson, M., Mayer, L. A., Bringensparr, C., Castro, C. F., Mohammad, R., Johnson, P., ... & Zinglersen, K. B. (2020). Scientific Data, 7(1), 176.

2019

Forty-six years of Greenland Ice Sheet mass balance from 1972 to 2018

Mouginot, J., Rignot, E., Bjørk, A. A., Van den Broeke, M., Millan, R., Morlighem, M., ... & Wood, M. (2019). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(19), 9239-9244.

Bathymetry of southeast Greenland from Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) data

An, L., Rignot, E., Chauche, N., Holland, D. M., Holland, D., Jakobsson, M., ... & Willis, J. K. (2019). Geophysical Research Letters, 46(20), 11197-11205.

Detection of glacier calving margins with convolutional neural networks: A case study

Mohajerani, Y., Wood, M., Velicogna, I., & Rignot, E. (2019). Remote Sensing, 11(1), 74.

Modeling the response of northwest Greenland to enhanced ocean thermal forcing and subglacial discharge

Morlighem, M., Wood, M., Seroussi, H., Choi, Y., & Rignot, E. (2019). The Cryosphere, 13(2), 723-734.

2018

Control of ocean temperature on Jakobshavn Isbræ's present and future mass loss

Bondzio, J. H., Morlighem, M., Seroussi, H., Wood, M. H., & Mouginot, J. (2018). Geophysical Research Letters, 45(23), 12-912.

Comparison of four calving laws to model Greenland outlet glaciers

Choi, Y., Morlighem, M., Wood, M., & Bondzio, J. H. (2018). The Cryosphere, 12(12), 3735-3746.

Ocean-induced melt triggers glacier retreat in Northwest Greenland

Wood, M., Rignot, E., Fenty, I., Menemenlis, D., Millan, R., Morlighem, M., ... & Seroussi, H. (2018). Geophysical Research Letters, 45(16), 8334-8342.

Vulnerability of southeast Greenland glaciers to warm Atlantic water from Operation IceBridge and Ocean Melting Greenland data

Millan, R., Rignot, E., Mouginot, J., Wood, M., Bjørk, A. A., & Morlighem, M. (2018). Geophysical Research Letters, 45(6), 2688-2696.

2017

BedMachine v3: Complete bed topography and ocean bathymetry mapping of Greenland from multibeam echo sounding combined with mass conservation

Morlighem, M., Williams, C. N., Rignot, E., An, L., Arndt, J. E., Bamber, J. L., ... & Zinglersen, K. B. (2017). Geophysical Research Letters, 44(21), 11-051.

Modeling the response of Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden and Zachariae Isstrøm glaciers, Greenland, to ocean forcing over the next century

Choi, Y., Morlighem, M., Rignot, E., Mouginot, J., & Wood, M. (2017). Geophysical Research Letters, 44(21), 11-071.

Other Publications

Lessons From Oceans Melting Greenland, a NASA Airborne Mission

Willis, J. K., & Wood, M. (2022). 2022 Arctic Report Card.