What is cryoconite? Cryoconite is a combination of dust, soot and other particles that accumulate in spots on the ice , absorb solar radi...
What is cryoconite?
Cryoconite is a combination of dust, soot and other particles that accumulate in spots on the ice, absorb solar radiation, and melt the ice underneath to create small holes
Plays important roles in biogeochemical cycles and lowering the albedo of a glacier surface.
Isunnguata Sermia glacier
Isunnguata Sermia glacier forming the northern boundary of the Isunngua highlands of Greenland
Isunngua is located immediately west of the Greenland Ice Sheet edge.
In large part it is covered by the tundra, although in the immediate vicinity of the Sermersuaq ice sheet it gradually becomes exposed, barren, and largely devoid of life.
The climate is polar continental, with the area receiving very little rainfall.
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