Open AccessOut of Equilibrium? The World’s Changing Ice Cover
Author(s) -
Charles W. Schmidt
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.119-a20
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , geography , physical geography , environmental science , engineering , mechanical engineering
In August 2010 an iceberg four times the size of Manhattan broke off Greenland’s northwestern coast and began drifting out to the sea. At nearly 100 square miles, this was the largest iceberg to appear in Arctic waters since 1962 and a fresh indicator that Greenland’s frozen landscape is undergoing significant changes.1
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