Learning How Ocean Water Melts Glaciers - Nasa daily picture for January 31 (2022)

To learn how ocean water is melting glaciers, NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland mission extensively surveyed the coastline of the world’s largest island. The airborne mission found that Greenland's glaciers that empty into the ocean, like Apusiaajik Glacier shown here, are at greater risk of rapid ice loss than previously understood.

NASA Greenland Mission Completes Six Years of Mapping Unknown Terrain

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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