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Giant ice island shatters

By Guest PostSeptember 18, 2013Environmentandreas muenchow, Antarctica, aqua satellites, canadian ice service, giant ice island, greenland, ice cubes, icy seas blog, modis, NASA, oregon state university, petermann glacier, size of manhattan, terra, university of delaware

Ice island reported by UD researcher breaks into mammoth ‘ice cubes’

The giant ice island that broke off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier in July 2012 has plowed into the ocean floor and shattered into a couple of mammoth “ice cubes” sitting in the ocean, according to the University of Delaware researcher who reported the initial glacial event last year.

Andreas Muenchow, an associate professor in UD’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, said the ice chunk twice the size of Manhattan that snapped off the glacier in July 2012 ground into the ocean floor and has split into at least two ice islands and a number of large icebergs. (more…)

On The Front Lines

By Guest PostSeptember 4, 2012Environmentandreas muenchow, Arctic, blog, canada, canadian icebreaker, delaware, extent, front lines, greenland, henry larsen, ice, ice cover, ice island, ice loss, icy seas, manhattan, marine scientist, melt cycle, multi year, nares strait, nsidc, petermann fjord, petermann glacier, sea ice, ud scientist, university

UD scientist sees Arctic ice loss firsthand

The extent of sea ice in the Arctic has reached a record low, according to data released Aug. 26 by the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).

A University of Delaware marine scientist can confirm some of that ice loss firsthand. In a short video he produced, Andreas Muenchow, aboard the Canadian icebreaker Henry Larsen, shows the ice-free sea off Petermann Fjord that he and his colleagues were sailing in — an area that for ages had been covered by floating ice shelves. (more…)

Greenland Glacier Loses Ice

By Guest PostJuly 21, 2012Environmentair temperature, andreas muenchow, aqua satellite, Arctic, coast guard ship, greenland glacier, greenland ice sheet, henry larsen, ice island, ice shelf, icy seas blog, labrador, lancaster sound, manhattan, nares strait, NASA, ocean temperature, petermann fjord, petermann glacier, terra, ward hunt

Greenland glacier loses ice island twice the size of Manhattan

An ice island twice the size of Manhattan has broken off from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, according to researchers at the University of Delaware and the Canadian Ice Service. The Petermann Glacier is one of the two largest glaciers left in Greenland connecting the great Greenland ice sheet with the ocean via a floating ice shelf.

Andreas Muenchow, associate professor of physical ocean science and engineering in UD’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, reports the calving on July 16, 2012, in his “Icy Seas” blog. Muenchow credits Trudy Wohleben of the Canadian Ice Service for first noticing the fracture. (more…)

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