An iceberg calved from a glacier floats in the Jacobshavn fjord in southwest Greenland. A new University of Colorado at Boulder study indicates Greenland continues to lose ice mass, and the rate of loss is accelerating
Using satellite measurements from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment mission (GRACE), researchers looked at monthly changes in Greenland's total mass to determine how fast the ice was disappearing. If the trend continues, icebergs such as this one, could become an increasingly common sight.
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Foto: Konrad Steffen, CU Boulder, USA
Greenland Ice Sheet Still Losing Mass, Says New CU-Boulder Satellite Study

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