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Unique Stretch Marks Show Acceleration of Greenland Ice Sheet Toward Sea

2015-05-12 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: The Greenland ice sheet is accelerating as it flows toward the ocean, and the unique markings visible in this photograph are one piece of evidence demonstrating its rapid movement. Captured as part of NASA's Operation IceBridge, which is wrapping up its seventh season of Arctic observations, this image details heavy crevassing near the coast of Melville Bay in northwestern Greenland. These fissures are essentially stretch marks on the ice, NASA researchers say. Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica...

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