According to measurements by the Icelandic Meteorological office Hofsjökull glacier in South Iceland grew in the last year, the first time the glacier adds mass since 1994.
The glacier, which is the third largest in Iceland, added 0.5-1 metres (1.5-3 feet) of ice during the 2014-2015 “glacial year.” A glacial year begins and ends in September and is the measurement period used to track the mass of glaciers over the course of a winter and the following summer.
Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson, an expert in glacial research at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, told the local newspaper Morgunblaðið that the reason Hofsjökull glacier had added mass was the combination of a cold winter with heavy precipitation last winter and a relatively cold summer.
According to measurements by the Icelandic Meteorological office Hofsjökull glacier in South Iceland grew in the last year, the first time the glacier adds mass since 1994.
The glacier, which is the third largest in Iceland, added 0.5-1 metres (1.5-3 feet) of ice during the 2014-2015 “glacial year.” A glacial year begins and ends in September and is the measurement period used to track the mass of glaciers over the course of a winter and the following summer.
Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson, an expert in glacial research at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, told the local newspaper Morgunblaðið that the reason Hofsjökull glacier had added mass was the combination of a cold winter with heavy precipitation last winter and a relatively cold summer.
