0Having trouble reading this email? Download the PDF. DECEMBER 2010 Home Subscribe Archive Contact Thematic Focus: Climate Change and Ecosystem Management Huge Iceberg Breaks off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier

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• Language: English
• Subjects: Nares; North Pole; Nares strait; Petermann glacier
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Why is this issue important? Glaciers are naturally dynamic, slowly changing in shape and size as they move. When a glacier enters the sea, new icebergs form as pieces break off, or calve, from the glacier. How much calving occurs depends on the glacier's growth rate, determined by the amount o...