Greenland ice shelf weakened by estuary ahead of recent calving event

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Sep 24, 2026, 1:20 pm270 ptsTop
In August 2026, an iceberg the size of Manhattan broke away from the Petermann Ice Shelf in northern Greenland. It was the glacier's largest calving event since 2020. Long before the breakup, CIRES scientists were developing a new method to understand the planet's first known ice shelf estuary on the Petermann…

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