{"id":170481,"date":"2012-12-21T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"731d844d523b596157573144dc757c78"},"modified":"2012-12-21T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T07:00:00","slug":"kangerdlugssuaq-glacier-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=170481","title":{"rendered":"Kangerdlugssuaq glacier, Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2012\/12\/kangerdlugssuaq_glacier_greenland\/12195092-1-eng-GB\/Kangerdlugssuaq_glacier_Greenland_small.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"96\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThe Kangerdlugssuaq glacier and its ice stream are pictured in this week\u2019s image, acquired on 19 September 2012 by Landsat-7.&nbsp;It is the largest outlet glacier on Greenland\u2019s east coast, discharging ice into the surrounding oceans. In this image we can see hundreds of icebergs speckling the water.&nbsp;A recent study based on satellite observations revealed that over the past 20 years the ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica has contributed about 11 mm to the global sea-level rise.&nbsp;This image clearly shows the glacier\u2019s calving front, where ice breaks away. Over the years, satellite images have shown that this front has retreated \u2013 an indication that the glacier is getting smaller over time.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis image is featured on the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/spaceinvideos.esa.int\/Videos\/2012\/12\/Earth_from_Space_Water_and_ice\" >Earth from Space video programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2012\/12\/kangerdlugssuaq_glacier_greenland\/12195092-1-eng-GB\/Kangerdlugssuaq_glacier_Greenland_small.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"96\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThe Kangerdlugssuaq glacier and its ice stream are pictured in this week\u2019s image, acquired on 19 September 2012 by Landsat-7.&nbsp;It is the largest outlet glacier on Greenland\u2019s east coast, discharging ice into the surrounding oceans. In this image we can see hundreds of icebergs speckling the water.&nbsp;A recent study based on satellite observations revealed that over the past 20 years the ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica has contributed about 11 mm to the global sea-level rise.&nbsp;This image clearly shows the glacier\u2019s calving front, where ice breaks away. Over the years, satellite images have shown that this front has retreated \u2013 an indication that the glacier is getting smaller over time.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis image is featured on the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/spaceinvideos.esa.int\/Videos\/2012\/12\/Earth_from_Space_Water_and_ice\" target=\"_blank\">Earth from Space video programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=170481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=170481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}