Sediment from melting Greenland glaciers visible in satellite images

ENN
Oct 3, 2014, 9:52 am22 pts
The glaciers on Greenland are melting, and this is releasing visible plumes of sediments to surrounding waters. NASA has released some new images showing these plumes. Toward the end of the 21st century, melting from the Greenland Ice Sheet could result in global sea level rise of 4-21 centimeters (2-8 inches),…

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