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A Greenland Glacier Loses Another Chunk of Ice

August 26, 2026
A Greenland Glacier Loses Another Chunk of Ice
By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/lKUjvoy)

This satellite image shows a 76 sq. km., 150 meter thick piece of glacier that broke off of the Petermann Glacier in Greenland. It's the largest loss of floating ice since 2012, and the most significant Arctic calving since 2020. It shows how quickly the Arctic is changing in the face of climate change, and will lead to even more ice loss. Image Credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2026), processed by ESA. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO or ESA Standard Licence

The ESA's Sentinel satellites captured a 76 sq. km. chunk of ice breaking off from Greenland's Petermann Glacier. They watched the cracks and deformations happen in real time leading up to the calving. While calving is normal, it's happening more often, and this is another clear sign that the Arctic is rapidly changing due to the warming climate.



August 26, 2026 at 11:25PM
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