NASA's Earth Minute: Greenland Ice

UPDATE 2022: GREENLAND'S ICE MASS LOSS IS NOW 275 GIGATONS PER YEAR.
Located in the Arctic near the North Pole, Greenland is covered by a massive ice sheet three times the size of Texas and a mile deep on average. Greenland is warming almost twice as fast as Antarctica, which is causing the ice to melt and raise global sea levels. NASA is monitoring Greenland’s ice sheet from high up in space to the ocean floor below to provide data for scientists studying the global impact of all its melting ice.

:::LEARN MORE:::
Key Indicators: Land Ice

Greenland’s Ice Island Alarm
Greenland’s Undercut Glaciers Melting Faster Than Thought
Rivers Are Draining Greenland Quickly
NASA Data Peers into Greenland’s Ice Sheet
Greenland Melt Ponds (photo story)

:::NASA MISSIONS & RESEARCH:::
Operation IceBridge
GRACE-FO
ICESat 2
Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG)

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NASA Wavelength

[ChrisWyzzar]

NASA needs to tell President Obama to really take action and do not approve oil drilling on the Artic.

[sweetjaneg]

So why is Shell being allowed to drill for oil in the Arctic...?

[rayaraya]

Greenland ice can't increase sea level by 23 ft. Because a 5 meter change in sea level can already shift earth's axis of rotation.