A powerhouse of ice flows rapidly on Greenland’s west coast, heading toward the ocean. Some of Earth’s largest icebergs are produced here, tumbling from the tip of Jakobshavn Glacier.
A powerhouse of ice flows rapidly on Greenland’s west coast, heading toward the ocean. Some of Earth’s largest icebergs are produced here, tumbling from the tip of Jakobshavn Glacier.
Jakobshavn is one of Earth’s fastest-moving glaciers and one of the Greenland Ice Sheet’s largest glaciers. It produces about 10% of Greenland’s icebergs.
It is also rapidly retreating.
“We don't have a good handle on how quickly this glacier could move in the future or whether there is some sort of speed limit,” said Martin Truffer, a University of Alaska Fairbanks physics professor.
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Jakobshavn Glacier, at right, produces some of Greenland’s largest icebergs. (Photo Credit: Amy Jenson)
