2010Feb16: Glaciers in west Greenland are melting 100 times faster at their end points beneath the ocean than they are at their surfaces, according to a study by NASA scientists and researchers at the University of California, Irvine and the University of British Columbia published online Feb. 14 in Nature Geoscience (NASA).
Reference: NASA http://jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-050
Read the Eric Rignot, Michele Koppes, & Isabella Velicogna article in Nature Geoscience. Rapid submarine melting of the calving faces of West Greenland glaciers. Published online: 14 February 2010. http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/ngeo765.html
Image Description: Calving front of Equp Sermia glacier, West Greenland, one of the four glaciers studied by Rignot and his team. Image credit: Michele Koppes, University of British Columbia. Image Location: NASA http://jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-050