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Update on Greenland’s Glaciers



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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