Petermann Glacier

Petermann Glacier is a glacier located in northwestern Greenland. A series of images discovered by researchers at Ohio State University who were monitoring NASA's satellite images in July of 2008, found that an 11-square-mile long chunk broke off due to a seven-mile-long crack. If the break worsens it could cause already rising sea levels to rise even more.¹

Fast Facts

1. Images taken by scientists from the Ohio State University
2. Photos were taken between July 10 and July 24, 2008²
3. Images reveal that an 11-square-mile piece of the Petermann Glacier broke off
4. Finding announced on August 21, 2008
5. Petermann Glacier is one of Greenland's approximately 130 glaciers
6. The last major ice break of the Petermann Glacier occurred between 2000 and 2001³

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