Fast-Shrinking Greenland Glacier Experienced Rapid Growth During Cooler Times
Buffalo NY (SPX) Jul 20, 2011 - Large, marine-calving glaciers have the ability not only to shrink rapidly in response to global warming, but to grow at a remarkable pace during periods of global cooling, according to University at Buffalo geologists working in Greenland. The conclusion stems from new research on Jakobshavn Isbrae, a tongue of ice extending out to sea from Greenland's west coast. Through an analysis of a ... more

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