Check out this blog post from @ruthmottram.eurosky.social summarising a new Cryosphere paper (Hedetoft et al. 2026) that explains how the ice mélange plays a role in controlling calving; having deployed a set of GNSS-tracking buoys directly into the mélange zone. sternaparadisaea.net/2026/09/09/a...
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A jumble of broken ice, and what it means for Greenland’s calving glaciers.
Ice mélange — sometimes known as sikussaq in Greenlandic — is that chaotic jumble of icebergs, bergy bits and sea water that sits in front of marine-terminating glaciers. It’s been described …
