Unexpected Melting of Greenland Glacier Could Double Sea-Level Rise Projections
![In the center of this NASA photograph taken in 2012, Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland gradually moves toward the ocean, with large segments breaking off and drifting away as icebergs. Researchers at UCI and NASA JPL used satellite data from three European missions to learn how warm ocean water is causing the migration of the glacier’s grounding line, leading to its rapid deterioration. (Photo: NASA) Unexpected Melting of Greenland Glacier Could Double Sea-Level Rise Projections](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/image2023-05-08-1-701x234.jpg)
The way that the Petermann Glacier in Northwest Greenland is melting indicates that current models are too conservative. A glacier in the north of Greenland is melting faster and in a different way than scientists previously thought, and this has troubling implications for the future speed of global sea-level rise. The new discovery was published in the Proceedings […]