CryoSat and Sentinel-1A detect rapid ice loss in remote Arctic ice cap

Both the ESA’s Sentinel-1A and CryoSat satellites have detected a significant degree of ice loss in the Austfonna ice cap, located on Norway’s Nordaustlandet island in the Svalbard archipelago. Parts of the ice cap have thinned by as much as 50 m (164 ft) since 2012 – around a sixth of its total thickness, and the speed of the outer glacier has increased to 3.8 km (2.4 miles) per year. .. Continue Reading CryoSat and Sentinel-1A detect rapid ice loss in remote Arctic ice cap



Section: Space



Tags: Climate Change, CryoSat, ESA, Satellite, Sentinel



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