2010Mar25: A study, using Grace and GPS data, finds that acceleration in ice loss began moving up the northwest coast of Greenland in late 2005. From NASA article: “The authors [of the study] speculate the dramatic ice mass losses on Greenland’s northwest coast are caused by some of the big glaciers in the region sliding downhill faster and dumping more ice into the sea”. The study was led by Shfaqat Abbas Khan of the Denmark Technical Institute’s National Space Institute in Copenhagen (NASA).
Reference: NASA http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-100
Image Description: From NASA article, “Changes in Greenland’s ice mass as measured by NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Grace) mission between September 2005 (left) and September 2008 (right).” Image credit: NASA/JPL. Image Location: NASA http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-100 Image Permission: This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA.
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