As record-breaking heat waves have sent temperatures soaring across Western Europe and parts of North America, unusually warm weather in Greenland has triggered massive melting of glacial ice. CNN reports that the amount of ice that melted in Greenland between … Continue reading
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At a meeting of the American Geophysical Union yesterday, scientists from The International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) discussed the rapid retreat of Thwaites glacier and the implications that will have on our planet in the coming years. Thwaites, often referred … Continue reading
The Okjökull glacier, northeast of Reykjavik, was known simply as Ok to Icelanders. (In Icelandic, jökull means glacier.) In 1890, Ok’s ice covered 16sq km (6.2 square miles) but by 2012 it measured just 0.7sq km, according to a report … Continue reading