Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists » Jakobshavn http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:40:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Update on Greenland’s Glaciers http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/update-on-greenlands-glaciers/ http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/update-on-greenlands-glaciers/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:19:54 +0000 Mary Miller http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1583 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS– Last time we saw Mark Fahnestock was in Greenland, as he was wrapping up his season’s field work on the Jakobshavn Isbræ, one of the most productive and fastest-moving glaciers in the world. During this year’s annual AAAS meeting in Chicago, we caught up with Mark again for an update. We asked him: What is causing the Jakobshavn and glaciers across Greenland to accelerate? (Video by Lisa Strong-Aufhauser.)



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