Tag: glacier

I’ve been thinking about that one research cruise in 2012 (Cruise webpage: “Greenland’s frozen coast”) where we passed Jan Mayen and had the chance to see the amazing coast line and glaciers. This post is basically a picture dump from that day. Enjoy! When we approached Jan Mayen, the first thing we saw were Kelvin […]

Check out the very nice article “ice can flow like ketchup” by Clemens Spensberger on ClimateSnack.com. Enjoy!

Simple experiment on why the impact of glaciers and sea ice on sea level, respectively, are not the same. It could be so simple: An ice cube sinks into water until the mass it replaces is equal to its own mass. Since the mass of said ice cube is not changing when it melts, under […]