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The Danish Arctic research institutions present updated knowledge on the condition of two major components of the Arctic: The Greenland Ice Sheet and the sea ice
13 March 2023
The Polar Portal season report for 2022 is ready for download.
2022 is the 26th year in a row in which the Greenland Ice Sheet lost more mass during the course of the melting season than it gained during the winter. The summer was rather cold and very wet, which delayed the onset of the melting season, while a heatwave in the beginning of September led to a considerable loss of ice.
Read more in the report, which is available in
