Greenland Icebergs (IMAGE)

Ohio State University

Greenland Icebergs

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Icebergs near Greenland form from ice that has broken off--or calved--from glaciers on the island. A new study shows that the glaciers are losing ice rapidly enough that, even if global warming were to stop, Greenland's glaciers would continue to shrink.

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Photo courtesy Michalea King

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