Greenland glacier loses largest ice chunk so far
AUG 24, 2015
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.029145
BBC : An ice sheet the size of Manhattan broke off Greenland’s Jakobshavn glacier between 13 August and 19 August. Based on satellite observations, the 12.4-km2 chunk may be the largest ever observed to break off from that glacier. Because of rising air and sea temperatures in the Arctic, such calving events have been occurring more often over the past several decades. In fact, the Greenland ice sheet appears to be losing much more ice than Antarctica and is a significant contributor to sea-level rise, adding about a millimeter per year.
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