A glacier in Greenland melts “dramatically” – The Times

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A glacier in Greenland melts “dramatically”. – AFP

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A major glacier in northeast Greenland is melting rapidly in the Atlantic Ocean, experts warned yesterday, according to whom the melting of the ice block the rise half a meter sea level.

The glacier, known as Zachariae Isstrom, “entered a phase of rapid melting in 2012,” when the rate of smelting tripled.

Now losing mass at a rate of 5.000 million tonnes year, said the study published in the journal Science.

“The shape and dynamics Zachariae Isstrom changed dramatically in recent years,” said lead study author Jeremie Mouginot, research assistant of the department in geophysics from the University of California, Irvine (UCI).

The glacier is it pouring “huge amounts of icebergs into the ocean, that merge will result in raising the sea level in the coming decades,” he added .

The finding was based on 40 years of satellite data from space agencies, as well as air traffic control of the shape, size and position of the glacier over time.

The warm ocean water is eroding the ice from below, and rising air temperatures are melting the above.

“The surface of the glacier is melting as a result of decades of continuous increase Air temperature, while the bottom is compromised by warm streams of water, “said Eric Rignot, lead author of the study and professor of geophysics at the ICU.

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