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- NASA snaps worrying images of new crack in large Greenland glacier Tue, 18 Apr 17, 12:01amOne of Greenland's biggest glaciers could be in trouble. A Netherlands university professor pointed out a new chasm in the Petermann Glacier, as seen in satellite images. NASA's Operation IceBridge recently went over to...
- Greenland Ice Melt every 150 years is ‘right on time’ Wed, 25 Jul 12, 5:00am“Ice cores from Summit show that melting events of this type occur about once every 150 years on average. With the last one happening in 1889, this event is right on time,” says Lora Koenig, a Goddard glaciologist...
- Iceberg Twice the Size of Manhattan Breaks Off Greenland Glacier Fri, 20 Jul 12, 5:40amA massive chunk of ice twice the size of Manhattan just broke off from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, which is one of the two largest glaciers left in the country...
- Crack in the Earth: Greenland glacier loses ice island twice the size of Manhattan Wed, 18 Jul 12, 11:52amIt’s business as usual at the Petermann glacier, doing what a glacier does, calving ice into the sea. We reported on another chunk in 2010, four Manhattans in size. Borrowing from an oft used media ploy, at this rate,...
- The “Big Kahuna”: Another Giant Piece of Glacier Set to Break Off Rendering Researchers “Speechless” Sat, 3 Sep 11, 1:37amDon’t believe that climate change is real? This time last year, a piece of ice 4 times the size of Manhattan broke off the Petermann Glacier in Greenland, spurring a congressional hearing on climate change and global...