https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/key-greenland-glacier-growing-again-after-shrinking-years-nasa-study-ncna987116
A major Greenland glacier that was one of the fastest shrinking ice and snow masses on Earth is growing again, a new NASA study finds.
The Jakobshavn (YA-cob-shawv-en)
glacier around 2012 was retreating about 1.8 miles (3 kilometers) and
thinning nearly 130 feet (almost 40 meters) annually. But it started
growing again at about the same rate in the past two years, according to
a study in Monday’s Nature Geoscience. Study authors and outside scientists think this is temporary.
“That was kind of a surprise. We kind of got used to a
runaway system,” said Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland ice and
climate scientist Jason Box. “The good news is that it’s a reminder
that it’s not necessarily going that fast. But it is going.”
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