July 15, 2009
Greenland glacier to shed Manhattan-sized ice chunk
It appears that the largest Arctic glacier, the Petermann glacier in Greenland, is about to get a bit smaller. Reports from scientists monitoring the situation indicate that a chuck of ice the size of Manhattan (100 sq. kilometers) is about the fall off, with the suspected cause being at least partially to do with increasing flows of warm water moving up the coast due to the region’s changing climate, New Scientist reports. …
Greenland Glacier About to Lose Manhattan-sized Ice Chunk (Video)