Massive hidden waves are rapidly melting Greenland’s glaciers Researchers in Greenland used a 10-kilometer fiber-optic cable to track how iceberg calving stirs up warm seawater The resulting surface tsunamis and massive hidden underwater waves intensify
Invisible, Skyscraper-Sized Waves Found to Be “Eating Away . . . Scientists have uncovered how massive underwater waves triggered by iceberg calving secretly fuel glacier melt in Greenland Iceberg calving takes place when large sections of ice detach from the edges of glaciers and plunge into the ocean
Towering Underwater Waves Speed Greenland Glacier Melt When chunks of glacier ice in Greenland crash into the sea, they do more than make noise They kick off huge underwater waves that keep the fjord churning, hauling warm water up against the ice wall and speeding the melt
Glaciers are melting from hidden underwater waves - earth. com A submarine fiber-optic cable has revealed how glacier calving stirs fjords long after the splash The measurements capture surface tsunamis and towering internal waves triggered by glaciers that mix warm and cold layers
Falling ice drives glacial retreat in Greenland The Greenland ice sheet is melting at an increasing rate, a process accelerated by glacier calving, in which huge chunks of ice break free and crash into the sea, generating large waves that push warmer water to the surface
Hidden waves accelerate glacial melting in Greenland In Greenland, the largest ice reserve in the northern hemisphere, the retreat of glacial fronts has accelerated so rapidly that it can no longer be explained solely by what we see on the surface