Researchers led by glaciologist Romain Millan of the University of California, Irvine analyzed new oceanographic and topographic data for 20 major glaciers within 10 fjords in southeast Greenland. (sciencenews.org)
The Whillans Ice Stream and a handful of major glaciers on either side of it are considered relatively resistant to these ocean - driven effects. (scientificamerican.com)
Results published in May show this region crossed an invisible threshold in 2009, with a dozen major glaciers simultaneously starting to thin, sweating off 60 billion tons of ice per year. (discovermagazine.com)