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Collection: Greenland Glaciers are Melting
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Renowned oceanographer Dr Fiamma Straneo of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, with support from Greenpeace, found that warm subtropical waters are flowing into Greenland’s southeastern fjords and driving melting of the glaciers year-round. They also found water temperatures on average 1C higher than shown in previous data.
Dr Straneo installed measuring instruments in Greenland’s Sermilik and Kangerdlugssuaq Fjords in 2009, as part of Greenpeace’s Arctic expedition, and returned in 2010 to collect them. Over the year, the instruments recorded the water temperature, contributing to the first long-term data series on conditions in the fjords. This is important for showing that warming waters play a significant role in the melting of glaciers in Greenland.
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28 Aug, 2009
Scientist Fiamma Straneo in Greenland
28 Aug, 2009
Scientist Fiamma Straneo in Greenland
21 Aug, 2009
Scientist in Greenland
30 Aug, 2009
Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord in Greenland
28 Aug, 2009
Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord in Greenland
28 Aug, 2009
MY Arctic Sunrise in Greenland
28 Aug, 2009
Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord in Greenland
28 Aug, 2009
Glaciologists on Glacier in Greenland
28 Aug, 2009
Glaciologists on Glacier in Greenland
27 Aug, 2009
Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier in Greenland
28 Aug, 2009
Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord in Greenland
3 Sep, 2010
Scientific Research Project in Greenland
3 Sep, 2010
Scientific Research Project in Greenland
21 Aug, 2009
Scientific Data Collection in Greenland
21 Aug, 2009
Scientific Data Collection in Greenland
21 Aug, 2009
Scientific Data Collection in Greenland
7 Sep, 2010
Fiamma Straneo in Greenland
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