Ground-based measuring devices and aircraft radar operated in the far northeast of Greenland show how much ice the 79° N-Glacier is losing. According to measurements conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute, the thickness of the glacier has decreased by more than 160 meters since 1998.
Study reports enormous ice loss from Greenland glacier retrieved 22 March 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-03-enormous-ice-loss-greenland-glacier.html
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