Satellite Images Show Breakup of Two of Greeland's Largest Glaciers
Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 10:35
in Earth & Climate
Researchers monitoring daily satellite images here of Greenland's glaciers have discovered break-ups at two of the largest glaciers in the last month. They expect that part of the Northern hemisphere's longest floating glacier will continue to disintegrate within the next year.
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