Melting Greenland glacier may hasten rise in sea level

Scientists monitoring a glacier in Greenland have found it is moving into the sea three times faster than a decade ago.

Satellite measurements of the Kangerdlugssuaq glacier show that, as well as moving more rapidly, the glacier’s boundary is shrinking dramatically – probably because of melting brought about by climate change.

The Kangerdlugssuaq glacier on Greenland’s east coast is one of several that drains the huge Greenland ice sheet. The glacier’s movements are considered critical in understanding the rate at which the ice sheet is melting.

The Independent