Slowdown of the Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet

Sections of the Greenland Ice Sheet that end on land are slowing—a sliver of good news for sea level rise.

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NASA images created by Jesse Allen and Joshua Stevens, using data provided by Andrew Tedstone (University of Edinburgh). Caption by Laura Rocchio, adapted for Earth Observatory by Kathryn Hansen.

Published October 30, 2015
Data acquired 1984 - 2014

Sources:

Landsat 5 > TM

Landsat 7 > ETM+

Landsat 8 > OLI