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Published online 16 February 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060213-11
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Glacial pace picks up
Greenland's ice is breaking up at an increasing rate.
Greenland's glaciers, which have since the last ice age slipped into the ocean at a sedate, glacial speed, are beginning to pick up the pace.
Research shows that the ice is melting at an accelerating rate, lubricating the whole works and causing some glaciers to shoot out to sea at up to 14 kilometres a year.
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