04-20-2023

ByEric Ralls

https://www.earth.com/news/alarming-study-previously-stable-glaciers-are-now-rapidly-disappearing/

Earth.com staff writer

As the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident, Greenland’s once stable Steenstrup Glacier is now retreating at a staggering pace. Recent findings about stable glaciers is raising alarm among scientists.

A study led by researchers at TheOhio State Universityhas discovered that between 2018 and 2021, the Steenstrup Glacier has retreated approximately 5 miles. It has also thinned by about 20 percent and doubled the amount of ice it discharges into the ocean, increasing its velocity fourfold.

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Published in the journalNature Communications, the study highlights the remarkable transformation of Steenstrup. It now ranks among the top 10% of glaciers contributing to the region’s total ice discharge. The rapid change in the stableglacieris considered extraordinary within the realm of Greenland ice formations.

The Steenstrup Glacier is a vital part of the Greenland Ice…