Παγετώνας μεγέθους Μανχάταν αποκολλάται από την Γροιλανδία[Video]

Ομάδα του Πανεπιστημίου της Νέας Υόρκης κατέγραψε σε βίντεο την αποκόλληση παγετώνα μήκους 4 μιλίων στις 22 Ιουνίου 2018

A team of NYU scientists has captured on video a four-mile iceberg breaking away from a glacier in eastern Greenland.

This phenomenon, known as "calving", is a force behind the rise of global sea water levels.

“Global sea-level rise is both undeniable and consequential,” observes David Holland, a professor at NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematics and NYU Abu Dhabi, who led the research team. “By capturing how it unfolds, we can see, first-hand, its breath-taking significance.”

Holland’s research team has studied the waters off the coast of Greenland for more than a decade by measuring subtle changes in water temperature and wave formation.

Video Credit: Denise Holland,

Logistics Coordinator/NYU’s Environmental Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (Video shot June 22, 2018- Real time length: 30 minutes)

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