A large block of a Greenland ice cap, believed to be around 110 square kilometres, has broken off in the far-north east Arctic, which scientists are claiming is an indicator of climate change.
The National Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) states this incident is concerning, as it appears to be a continuous disintegration of the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf.
Ruth Mottram, an ice scientist at the Danish Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen, advised “this year the ice sheet has lost more ice than has been added in the form of snow”.
Experts are claiming this incident is a further alarm of how climate change is affecting a “rapidly heating Arctic”.