Greenland’s fastest-flowing and fastest-thinning glacier is growing again

Greenland’s fastest-flowing and fastest-thinning glacier is growing again

A new NASA research shows that Jakobshavn Glacier, which has been Greenland's fastest-flowing and fastest-thinning glacier for the last 20 years is now flowing more slowly, thickening, and advancing toward the ocean instead of retreating farther inland. The…

Greenland’s fastest glacier reaches record speeds – Jakobshavn Glacier

Greenland’s fastest glacier reaches record speeds – Jakobshavn Glacier

Jakobshavn Isbræ (Jakobshavn Glacier) is moving ice from the Greenland ice sheet into the ocean at a speed that appears to be the fastest ever recorded. Researchers from the University of Washington and the German Space Agency (DLR) measured the dramatic speeds

IceBridge: Keeping a close eye on Jakobshavn glacier

IceBridge: Keeping a close eye on Jakobshavn glacier

Jakobshavn Glacier, one of the fastest moving glaciers in Greenland, has been the focus of IceBridge survey flights for five consecutive years. Here, images from an IceBridge mission on April 4, 2013 and video footage from the 2012 Arctic campaign show this rapidly