While glaciers in south Iceland have been retreating considerably over the past decades, Drangajökull in the Westfjords and glaciers in north Iceland have occasionally added to their mass, reports Mbl.
According to Oddur Sigurðsson, a specialist in the field of glaciology at the Icelandic Met Office, enough snow has accumulated on these glaciers for the past couple of years to add to their mass.
Read more: Okjökull glacier looses its glacier title due to its declining size
Read more: See how the ice cap of Mýrdalsjökull glacier has changed in 28 years
Seeing as many glaciers and ice caps in the North Atlantic are projected to disappear over the next hundred years this must be considered exceptionally good news.
While glaciers in south Iceland have been retreating considerably over the past decades, Drangajökull in the Westfjords and glaciers in north Iceland have occasionally added to their mass, reports Mbl.
According to Oddur Sigurðsson, a specialist in the field of glaciology at the Icelandic Met Office, enough snow has accumulated on these glaciers for the past couple of years to add to their mass.
Read more: Okjökull glacier looses its glacier title due to its declining size
Read more: See how the ice cap of Mýrdalsjökull glacier has changed in 28 years
Seeing as many glaciers and ice caps in the North Atlantic are projected to disappear over the next hundred years this must be considered exceptionally good news.
