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Greenland’s marine ecosystem is experiencing a radical ‘regime change’ Greenland

Greenland’s marine ecosystem is experiencing a radical ‘regime change’

When marine biologist Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen began studying the boreal waters that surround Greenland 40 years ago, an inflatable raft carried him through vast expanses of polar pack ice, with narwhals and walruses frequently passing by. The astounding blue sea ice seemed almost inviolable in its grandeur.  But with Greenland…
bubmag
March 6, 2023
Researchers build more detailed picture of the movement of Greenland Ice Sheet Greenland

Researchers build more detailed picture of the movement of Greenland Ice Sheet

Researchers have found that the movement of glaciers in Greenland is more complex than previously thought, with deformation in regions of warmer ice containing small amounts of water accounting for motion that had often been assumed to be caused by sliding where the ice meets the bedrock beneath. The international…
bubmag
February 10, 2023