Your browser does not support this video. Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Greenland-Melt-Lakes-VNR-27MDHU6FW2.htmlConceptually similarGreenland Thin Ice - International VersionGP03X91Completed★★★★Investigating Greenland's Melting Glaciers - English VersionGP03XADCompleted★★★★Investigating Greenland's Melting Glaciers - German VersionGP03XAECompleted★★★★Investigating Greenland's Melting Glaciers - International VersionGP03XAFCompleted★★★★Investigating Greenland's Melting Glaciers 2010 B-RollGP03XACCompleted★★★★Rio+20 Earth Summit - Arctic ClipreelGP1STO3Completed★★★★Greenland Thin Ice Clipreel #2GP0479JCompleted★★★★Investigating Greenland's Melting Glaciers - Selected RushesGP047JGCompleted★★★★Arctic Oil ClipreelGP03X26Completed★★★★★★★View AllGP11DPGreenland Melt Lakes VNRNASA-funded expedition to Greenland to collect evidence demonstrating that that the emerging melt lakes and rivers above Greenland's Ice Sheet are a direct link to climate change. American glaciologist Jason Box and Australian polar explorer John Hoelscher use surveying equipment to estimate the volume of melt water in the lakes over the ice sheet by determining the relationship between the depth of the lakes and it's shade of blue. The volume of water is important because it plays a role in accelerating the movement of the ice sheet, this is turn affects sea level rise as the ice flows towards the coast and into the sea.Locations:Eqip Sermia Glacier-Greenland-North AmericaDate:16 Aug, 2005Credit:© GreenpeaceDuration:4m16sAudio format:NaturalProduction Type :NEWS ACCESS-SOUNDBITEKeywords:Aerial view-Banners-Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Climate change impacts-Glacier melt-Glaciers-Global warming-Greenpeace campaigners-Greenpeace inflatables-Helicopters-Ice-KWCI (GPI)-Lakes-Melting-MY Arctic Sunrise-Rivers-Science-WaterShoot:Greenland Climate Change TourGreenpeace ship MV Arctic Sunrise (MVAS) tour to the Kangerdlussuaq Fjord in Greenland that until a few years ago was filled with a massive glacier that has retreated 5 km in the last few years due to global warming. Greenpeace, with scientists from the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, USA are documenting evidence of climate change. Preliminary findings indicate Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier on Greenland's east coast could be one of the fastest moving glaciers in the world with a speed of almost 14 kilometres per year. Outlet glaciers like Kangerdlugssuaq transport ice from the heart of the Greenland Ice Sheet to the ocean and discharge icebergs which contribute to sea level rise.Related Collections:Greenland Climate Change Tour 2005 (Photos & Videos)
