11 Images Show How A Huge Glacier Collapsed Due To Climate Change In Greenland
14 images trace how a glacier melts due to excessiveheat in the environment. NASA has launched aproject named Oceans Melting Greenland OMG to find out how fast warming oceans are melting polar ice sheets.
Glaciers are melting quickly due to the unchecked rise in temperature. World leaders meet, pledge their support to fight climate change but nothing happens. The situation is not getting any better. These 14 images trace how a glacier melts due to excessive heat in the environment.
1. A 4 Mile wide iceberg broke off the Helheim Glacier in Greenland, Tumbling into the Fjord below.
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2. NASA has launched a project named Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) to find out how fast warming oceans are melting polar ice sheets.
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3. As earth warms, ice loss, from Glaciers like this is accelerating, contributing to global sea level rise.
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4. Greenland, a glacier¡¯s collapse shows climate impact.
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5. This image shows the state of the glacier,
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6. NASA research aircraft, at 40,000 feet (12,192 metres), captured this infinite white horizon of the Greenland ice cap.
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7. The plane banked and looped above the craggy cliffs and rock faces of Eastern Greenland that are slowly being ground to dust by immense glaciers.
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8. Sunshine lights up the Helheim glacier. In the summer, the sun sets for only a couple of hours each day.
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9. It often happens imperceptibly - a tenth of a degree increase in temperature, a few less inches of rain, a slowly melting ice sheet.
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10. Rising seas threaten low-lying cities, islands and industries worldwide.
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11. After Glacier's collapse an iceberg floats in a fjord.
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