Scientists just found an unexpected factor that could be driving #Greenland’s ice loss
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Scientists just found an unexpected factor that could be driving Greenland’s ice loss
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NASA study reveals astonishing growth of one Earth's previously fastest-shrinking glaciers
A #NASA study revealed a glacier that was one of the fastest-shrinking ice and snow masses on Earth is making an unexpected comeback.
#Greenland's glacier, named Jakobshavn (pronounced YA-cob-shawv-en), was retreating roughly 1.8 miles and thinning nearly 130 feet annually around 2012; however, it started growing again at about the same rate in the past two years, according to NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project.
NASA research found that the glacier is now flowing more slowly, thickening, and advancing toward the ocean instead of retreating farther inland.
The glacier is still losing more ice to the ocean than it gains from snow accumulation, but at a slower rate now.
A #NASA study revealed a glacier that was one of the fastest-shrinking ice and snow masses on Earth is making an unexpected comeback.
#Greenland's glacier, named Jakobshavn (pronounced YA-cob-shawv-en), was retreating roughly 1.8 miles and thinning nearly 130 feet annually around 2012; however, it started growing again at about the same rate in the past two years, according to NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project.
NASA research found that the glacier is now flowing more slowly, thickening, and advancing toward the ocean instead of retreating farther inland.
The glacier is still losing more ice to the ocean than it gains from snow accumulation, but at a slower rate now.