Greenland glacier loses ice island twice the size of Manhattan
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 08:50
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org) -- An ice island twice the size of Manhattan has broken off from Greenlands Petermann Glacier, according to researchers at the University of Delaware and the Canadian Ice Service. The Petermann Glacier is one of the two largest glaciers left in Greenland connecting the great Greenland ice sheet with the ocean via a floating ice shelf.