https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145185/major-greenland-glacier-is-growing
The change is particularly striking at the glacier’s front (solid
blue area on the left) between 2016 and 2017. That’s when the glacier
advanced the most, replacing open water and sea ice with towering
glacial ice. The glacier has not advanced as much since then, but it
continues to slow and thicken.
Willis and colleagues think the glacier is reacting to a shift in a
climate pattern called the North Atlantic Oscillation, which has brought
cold water northward along Greenland’s west coast. Measurements of the
temperatures collected by the OMG team show that the cold water has
persisted.

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