Utilizing data from the European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 and NASA's ICESat-2 satellites, researchers mapped changes in the ...
"The question now is: what's next for Jakobshavn? Is this just a pause, or is it a switch-off of the dynamic thinning we've seen previously?" The glacier is sited in southwest Greenland.
Every year in the remote reaches of Greenland, between 30 and 50 billion tons of ice breaks off the Jakobshavn Glacier and ...
Specifically, outlet glaciers such as Jakobshavn Isbræ and Zachariae Isstrøm have experienced thinning, losing up to 67 meters and 75 meters of ice thickness, respectively. These glaciers are ...