Big chunk of Greenland’s ice cap, estimated to be some 42.3 square miles, breaks off in the far north east Arctic, which scientists say is evidence of rapid climate change.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- A big chunk of Greenland’s ice cap, estimated to be some 110 square kilometers , has broken off in the far north east Arctic which scientists say is evidence of rapid climate change.
Annual end-of-melt-season changes for the Arctic’s largest ice shelf in Northeast Greenland are measured by optical satellite imagery, the survey known as GEUS said. It shows that the area losses for the past two years each exceeded 50 square kilometers . The ice shelf has lost 160 square miles , an area nearly twice that of Manhattan Island, New York, since 1999.
“Another massive chunk of vital sea ice has fallen into the ocean,” said Greenpeace spokeswoman Laura Meller who is aboard the organization's ship Arctic Sunrise at the edge of the sea ice. “This is yet another alarm bell being rung by the climate crisis in a rapidly heating Arctic.”
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