As seen here from recent satellite estimates, the amount of Greenland's lost continental ice, coincides with the warmth of the Irminger Current, with
pinker areas representing the highest rates of lost ice.24
Colors
represent different land cover categories: terra firme and occasionally flooded forest (dark blue), palm swamp (red), open peatland (
pink), pole forest peatland (dark red), river beach and urban
areas (white), seasonally flooded forest (light blue) and open water (black).