One of the islands is about the size of 10 football fields.
Russia's military has announced the discovery of five new islands in the Arctic after a glacier in the region melted away, exposing the landmasses. The islands range in size from 9,600 all the way up to 580,000 square feet—about the same size of 10 football fields.
Researchers with the Russian Navy have been studying the area for several years, looking at changes to the coastlines of both Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya archipelago. The new islands are in the Vise Bay on the Kara coast of Novaya Zemlya. Migunova first found the islands by analyzing satellite images."Topographic surveys were conducted on the new islands; they are described in detail and photographed," the statement said.
:"The discovery of islands as the Nansen glacier retreats is not a surprise as a glacier is simply a river of ice transporting compacted snow and ice from the higher grounds to the sea. As the climate warms, the glaciers shrink and expose the land below. NASA image showing Franz Josef Land. The Russian Military has announced five new islands have been discovered in the region after melting at the Nansen glacier."The warming ocean is also likely to be an important influence here as this region is influenced by Atlantic water, which flows into the Arctic to the north of Norway and Svalbard. The warming of this inflowing water is already being recognized as a major contributor to the decline in sea ice in this region.
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