"Greenland's Ice Shelves Decline, Fueling Alarming Sea Level Rise"

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that ice shelves in North Greenland have lost over 35% of their volume since 1978 due to rising temperatures. Three of the shelves have completely collapsed, and the remaining five have experienced a widespread increase in mass loss, primarily due to warming ocean temperatures. This loss of ice shelf volume could have dramatic consequences for sea level rise, as the Greenland ice sheet is the second-largest contributor to it. The study highlights the strong oceanic control on ice shelves changes and warns that continued ocean thermal forcing could lead to unstable retreat and collapse of the remaining ice shelves, resulting in significant sea level rise.