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PIA24983: Apusiaajik Glacier, Greenland

NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland airborne mission found that Greenland's glaciers that empty into the ocean, like Apusiaajik Glacier shown here, are at greater risk of rapid ice loss than previously understood.

Target Name:	Earth
Is a satellite of:	Sol (our sun)
Mission:	OMG
Product Size:	4032 x 2471 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	JPL
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA24983.tif (24.23 MB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA24983.jpg (1.213 MB)

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NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland airborne mission found that most of Greenland's glaciers that empty into the ocean are at greater risk of rapid ice loss than previously understood. OMG's six-year field campaign studied the ocean's role in glacial ice loss by gathering precise measurements of ocean depth, temperature, and salinity in front of more than 220 glaciers. The mission's goal was to clarify our understanding of sea level rise over the next 50 years. This photo of Apusiaajik Glacier was taken near Kulusuk, Greenland, on Aug. 26, 2018, during OMG's field operations.

For more information about the OMG mission: https://omg.jpl.nasa.gov/portal/

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:

2022-01-26