Greenland ice is constantly melting

Without slowing down as expected, Greenland ice will even continue to melt faster in the coming years. The above is the researchers' assertion after studying the new movement of glaciers in Greeland.

According to research published Aug. 16 in Science Advances, the scientists showed that ice flowing through sediments beneath the surface of the water is actually faster than rock layers on the surface.

If the Greenland ice sheet melted, the world sea level would rise by 7m.

This means that if the Earth's temperature continues to rise due to climate change, the ice flows faster because the structure of the sediment beneath Greeland becomes less solid, moist, and more slippery.

The new finding is particularly disturbing because scientists have long believed that at the end of summer, the melting speed of ice will decrease as the water in the ice sheets retreates, making the ice more difficult to float. But geological surveys show that in fact new subsoil layers play a major role in controlling icebergs. The less stable the structure of these sediments is, the faster the ice floes.

The scientists made this conclusion after conducting geological surveys by creating sound waves through the ice sheets to be able to assess the underlying sediment. Melting ice is happening all over the Arctic region because the temperature here doubles compared to the rest of the Earth.

In Greenland alone, scientific estimates indicate that if the entire ice sheet melted, sea level worldwide would rise by 7m.