Here is an animation of recent events at the Jakobshavn Glacier, courtesy of Espen Olsen at the Arctic Sea Ice Forum. The animation compares the position of the glacier’s calving front during the previous record retreat in August 2015 with its position on July 19th 2026.
Click the image to view the animation at full resolution:
There has been another large calving of Jakobshavn Glacier, resulting in a new record retreat:
There has been yet another large calving of Jakobshavn Glacier, and hence another new record retreat:
Also Ilulissat: A giant overturning iceberg this morning.
Still available on this 12-hr livestream, if you rewind.
Now highlighted:
There’s now even a 4K full length clip version of this. Same channel.
An amazing event.
Here’s the full length video:
Skip to 44 mins to see the final roll over and collapse.
Expect some more giant icebergs to come into view in due course, after the latest massive calving. See above.