In August 2026, an iceberg the size of Manhattan broke away from the Petermann Ice Shelf in northern Greenland. It was the glacier’s largest calving event since 2020.
Long before the breakup, CIRES scientists were developing a new method to understand the planet’s first known ice shelf estuary on the Petermann Ice Shelf. The estuary — where salt water from the ocean and fresh water from a surface meltwater river mix — was discovered in 2021. New CIRES-led research, published…
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