Wow. Kolbert, who writes about pretty grim stuff, writes so well that you can't help reading a long-ass piece to the end.
"As Jakobshavn’s calving front retreated, it also thinned, and the glacier’s speed—already brisk for a block of ice—increased. In 2012, its flow rate exceeded a hundred and fifty feet a day, which is believed to be a glacial world record."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/14/when-the-arctic-melts
#Greenland #GreenlandIceSheet
"Jahn and Heuzé projected/estimated the first ice-free #Arctic day using output from over 300 computer simulations. They found that most models predicted that the first #IceFree day could happen within nine to 20 years after 2023 regardless of how humans alter their greenhouse gas emissions.
The earliest ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean could occur within three years, [by 2027]."
"The research found that, at the edges of the #GreenlandIceSheet where large glaciers meet the sea, accelerations in glacier flow speed were associated with significant increases in the volume of crevasses.
Greenland contains enough ice to add 7 meters (23 feet) of #SeaLevelRise to the world's oceans if the entire ice sheet were to melt."
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-greenland-ice-sheet-rapidly-response.html
"Just 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) of further warming could be enough to trigger a collapse of the world's second-largest ice sheet, causing sea levels to rise by 23 feet (7 meters) and sowing havoc across global ecosystems."
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/scientists-identify-tipping-point-for-greenlands-ice-sheet-and-its-not-far-off
#GreenlandIceSheet
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