OuiSi Nature · Card 62
Greenland Summer Meltwater
- Location
- Sermeq Kujalleq, or Jakobshavn Glacier, about 60km east of Ilulissat, Greenland
- Date
- August 24, 2014
Photograph byDaniel BeltráDescription
The Danish Meteorological Institute estimated that the 2014 summer melt season of Greenlandic ice was responsible for a 1.2mm rise in sea levels around the world. Sermeq Kujalleq drains about 7% of Greenland's ice sheet and has been one of the island's largest contributors to sea level rise. For some 20 years it was Greenland's fastest-flowing glacier; it slowed after 2016, when the ocean current reaching its face grew cooler.
Photo linkinstagram.com/p/1oROgAjvCU
Learn moreen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meltwater
The photographer
Daniel Beltrá
Photographer/artist documenting man's impact on the planet.
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