Pragensis 11.9.2008 10:08

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doporučuji se podívat na následující adresu:

sermitsiaq.gl/icecam O co jde vysvětluje Grónská samospráva, která na jednom místě instalovala kameru, která snímá, jak tam rychle, kvůli globálnímu oteplování roztávají ledovce. Podrobnosti o co jde jsou v angličtině následující:

Greenland's inland ice is melting at an alarming pace with enormous chunks ripping loose from glaciers and fells every day. So to increase awareness of this catastrophic problem, Sermitsiaq newspaper has placed at webcam at one of its most affected glaciers so the world can watch the ice melt via web-TV

In many places in Greenland the inland ice is over two kilometres thick and in some places even three. The ice is around 110,000 years old. By measuring changes in the overall mass, NASA's Grace satellite has allowed researchers to estimate that the inland ice is diminishing by about 239 km3 each year.

The webcam is installed at the ice fjord near the massive Ilulissat glacier, one of the world's most productive glaciers. At the glacier's edge, large blocks of ice are constantly breaking off and pushed out through the fjord at a speed of up to 22 metres per day.

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