Friday, October 17, 2008

Crumbling Glacier Quakes as It Breaks

On the west coast of Greenland, a glacier's crumbling edge is producing seismic groans.

As the Arctic warms, scientists are keeping a close eye the Jakobshavn glacier. Already one of the world's fastest moving ice streams, over the last decade scientists watched alarmed as it sped up further, sometimes sliding dozens of feet per day toward the Ilulissat Fjord.

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