Glacial breakdown

Greenland's Helheim Glacier is shedding ice at a high rate

Big chunks of ice have been falling off Greenland’s Helheim Glacier at an unusually high rate over the past 10 years, a new study finds.

Icebergs from Greenland’s Helheim Glacier feed into Sermilik Fjord (shown here) each summer. Ice has been falling off the glacier at an unusually high rate in the past decade.